words.
Some a dagger,
some a blaze.
Others,
merely dew.
Secret they come, full of memory.
Insecurely they sail:
cockleboats or kisses,
the waters trembling.
Abandoned, innocent,
weightless.
They are woven of light.
They are the night.
And even pallid
they recall green paradise.
Who hears them? Who
gathers them, thus,
cruel, shapeless,
in their pure shells?
some a blaze.
Others,
merely dew.
Secret they come, full of memory.
Insecurely they sail:
cockleboats or kisses,
the waters trembling.
Abandoned, innocent,
weightless.
They are woven of light.
They are the night.
And even pallid
they recall green paradise.
Who hears them? Who
gathers them, thus,
cruel, shapeless,
in their pure shells?
Eugenio de Andrade
(Portugal 1923-2005)
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