Margaret Widdemer

1884-1978 / United States

I Said,

I SAID, 'Love is gone;
I need bear no more
Terrible dawn
And midnight sore
Hungering dreams
I cannot keep
And fever-streams
Across my sleep . . .'

And the sun went down,
And the day burned black
Over the town
And Love came back
And my heart was burned
With fire and pain–
But Love had returned,
Had returned again!
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