A Writer's Ruminations

"

the dead are gentle to us
we carry them on our shoulders
sleep under the same blanket

close their eyes
adjust their lips
pick a dry spot
and bury them

not too deep
not too shallow

"

—  Zbigniew Herbert, from “Our Fear” (translated by Czeslaw Milosz and Peter Dale Scott)

10 months ago  Notes (162)
  1. ldydgfsh reblogged this from awritersruminations
  2. newbornnebulae reblogged this from breakthebricks
  3. breakthebricks reblogged this from rosemaryandthorn
  4. rosemaryandthorn reblogged this from awritersruminations
  5. malakians reblogged this from awritersruminations
  6. uneducatedpoet reblogged this from sweetlydifficult
  7. danakajanell reblogged this from sweetlydifficult
  8. sweetlydifficult reblogged this from ayyoosaash
  9. ayyoosaash reblogged this from lanisaidsoduh
  10. missmyu reblogged this from awritersruminations
  11. mute-swan reblogged this from awritersruminations
  12. pulmograde reblogged this from errorknownas
  13. eccentricwriter reblogged this from christinasanantonio
  14. christinasanantonio reblogged this from colourthysoul
  15. tionadevine reblogged this from awritersruminations
  16. vientosdeayer reblogged this from awritersruminations
  17. previouslyflaubertes reblogged this from buckycaps
  18. wozziebear reblogged this from awritersruminations
  19. zhou-mi reblogged this from buckycaps
  20. buckycaps reblogged this from drfartphd
  21. futurelonelycatlady reblogged this from awritersruminations
  22. sketchofthepast reblogged this from awritersruminations
  23. onemorecupofcouffee reblogged this from awritersruminations
  24. 1nf3c710u5 reblogged this from awritersruminations
  25. mediocremind reblogged this from nothannahjohnson
  26. nothannahjohnson reblogged this from ryleeswiththedoctor
  27. callyamanda reblogged this from awritersruminations
  28. cement reblogged this from awritersruminations