September 1, 2008

a poem, a deep rooted crush

I can't help but be so in love with a man who would find a way to remember, to breathe deep and to remember.

Poem

Every morning I forget how it is.
I watch smoke mount
In great strides above the city.
I belong to no one.

Then, I remember my shoes,
How I have to put them on,
How bending over to tie them up
I will look into the earth.

-Charles Simic

3 comments:

Unknown said...

seriously? like--how did he do that? amazing.

Patricia said...

how beautiful. what an amazing poem. like: wow.

Unknown said...

also lia, did i tell you that i heard him read in dc? beneath a giant tent on the Mall? it was so lovely.