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THE ONLY GOD I NEED

12-16-2009 at 10:40:26 AM

THE ONLY GOD I NEED

…sea salt drinks from my lips,

and everything is primal

like the sun before time: silence

speaks without sound, witnessing

my stillness:…

(from: THE ONLY GOD I NEED)

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.