Poetry Solace: Of ritual acts

A final piece of poem from Adrienne Rich.. Next time, I'll share some poems from other American poets..

Ritual Acts

(iii)
After all - to have loved, wasn't that the object?
Love is the only thing in life
but then you can love too much
or the wrong way, you lose
yourself or you lose
the person
or you strangle each other
Maybe the object of love is
    to have loved
    greatly
    at one time or another
Like a cinema trailer
watched long ago

(2003)




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