One white daisy
and my two closed eyes.
These shield us from the world
and my two closed eyes.
These shield us from the world

1909 - 1984/PolishAnna Swir (Świrszczyńska) was born in Warsaw, Poland, to an artistic though impoverished family. She worked from an early age, supporting herself while she attended university to study medieval Polish literature. In the 1930s she worked for…
View profile & all 11 Poems / StoriesYou will not tame this seaeither by humility or rapture.
Look in the mirror. Let us both look.Here is my naked body.
One must be brave to live througha day. What remains
She was an evil stepmother.In her old age she is slowly dying
Our embrace lasted too long.We loved right down to the bone.