Altitude

(1873-1941)

                                                      Altitude

                                                      I wonder

                                                      how it would be here with you,

                                                      where the wind

                                                      that has shaken off its dust in low valleys

                                                      touches one cleanly,

                                                      as with a new-washed hand,

                                                      and pain

                                                      is as the remote hunger of droning things,

                                                      and anger

                                                      but a little silence
                                                      sinking into the great silence.

                                                      ~ ~ Lola Ridge