Things Seen In A Battle

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Title:     Things Seen In A Battle
Author: Edward Powys Mathers [More Titles by Mathers]

Clear diamond heart,
I have been hunting death
Among the swords.

But death abhors my shadow,
And I come back
Wounded with memories.

Your eyes,
For steel is amorous of steel
And there are bright blue sparks.

Your lips,
I see great bloody roses
Cut in white dead breasts.

Your bed,
For I see wrestling bodies
Under the evening star.

From the Turkic.

[The end]
Edward Powys Mathers's poem: Things Seen In A Battle

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