When I go away from you
The world beats dead
Like a slackened drum.
I call out for you against the jutted stars
And shout into the ridges of the wind.
Streets coming fast,
One after the other,
Wedge you away from me,
And the lamps of the city prick my eyes
So that I can no longer see your face.
Why should I leave you,
To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?
.....The Taxi by Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
Amy Lowell Love Poem - Carrefour
("O you, Who came upon me once ... Stretched under apple-trees just after bathing")
Amy Lowell Love Poems - The Bungler
("You glow in my heart ... Like the flames of uncounted candles")
