I Can Endure Anything

the time for words
is over

(they usually convey
only the platitudes
of habitual disquiet)

the fearful one is dead

this lioness here:
she has seen
floods and raging fires
been prey
and predator
both

she can endure anything:
the radiance of your face
your slaughter-house eyes

come!
Look at me!
i tell you:

i can endure anything

18th february 2012

from "Set My Heart on Fire"

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