candle – Robin’s Nest

Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Sorceress to Live

by Helen Ivory Exodus 7:11 For her neighbour’s sicknesswas more than merely unnatural;for he sang perfectly without moving his lips.For she is intemperate in her desiresand pilfers apples from the orchard;for she hitches her skirts to clamber the fence.For her womb is a wandering beast;for she is husbandless, and at candle timebrazenly trades with theContinue reading “Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Sorceress to Live”

I Am Not Yours

by Sarah Teasdale I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon, Lost as a snowflake in the sea. You love me, and I find you still A spirit beautiful and bright, Yet I am I, who long to be Lost asContinue reading “I Am Not Yours”