FINAL NOTATIONS. ADRIENNE RICH

it will not be simple, it will not be long
it will take little time, it will take all your thought
it will take all your heart, it will take all
your breath
it will be short, it will not be simple
it will touch through your ribs, it will take all
your heart
it will not be long, it will occupy your thought
as a city is occupied, as a bed is occupied
it will take all your flesh, it will not be
simple
You are coming into us who cannot withstand you
you are coming into us who never wanted to withstand you
you are taking parts of us into places never planned
you are going far away with pieces of our lives
it will be short, it will take all your breath
it will not be simple, it will become your will


Adrienne Rich (latest poem)