Myself and My Person

Anna SwirAnna Swir

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There are moments
when I feel more clearly than ever
that I am in the company
of my own person.
This comforts and reassures me,
this heartens me,
just as my tridimensional body
is heartened by my own authentic shadow.There are moments
when I really feel more clearly than ever  
that I am in the company
of my own person.I stop
at a street corner to turn left
and I wonder what would happen
if my own person walked to the right.Until now that has not happened  
but it does not settle the question.
Anna Swir
About the poet

Anna Swir

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…

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