The geraniums I left last night on the windowsill, To the best of my knowledge now, are out there still, And will be there as long as I think they will.
And will be there as long as I think that I Can throw the window open on the sky, A touch of geranium pink in the tail of my eye;
As long as I think I see, past leaves green-growing, Barges moving down a river, water flowing, Fulfillment in the thought of thought outgoing,
Fulfillment in the sight of sight replying, Of sound in the sound of small birds southward flying, In life life-giving, and in death undying.
The World below the Window
ReplyDeleteThe geraniums I left last night on the windowsill,
To the best of my knowledge now, are out there still,
And will be there as long as I think they will.
And will be there as long as I think that I
Can throw the window open on the sky,
A touch of geranium pink in the tail of my eye;
As long as I think I see, past leaves green-growing,
Barges moving down a river, water flowing,
Fulfillment in the thought of thought outgoing,
Fulfillment in the sight of sight replying,
Of sound in the sound of small birds southward flying,
In life life-giving, and in death undying.
-William Jay Smith