“for when i look at you, even a moment, no
speaking is left in me
no: tongue breaks and thin
fire is racing under skin”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
speaking is left in me
no: tongue breaks and thin
fire is racing under skin”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
“of all stars the most beautiful”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
“I simply want to be dead.
Weeping she left me
with many tears and said this:
Oh how badly things have turned out for us.
Sappho, I swear, against my will I leave you.
And I answered her:
Rejoice, go and
remember me. For you know how we cherished you.”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
Weeping she left me
with many tears and said this:
Oh how badly things have turned out for us.
Sappho, I swear, against my will I leave you.
And I answered her:
Rejoice, go and
remember me. For you know how we cherished you.”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
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