Sylvia Plath

[ian-gazarek.livejournal.com]

"Mad Girl's Love Song"

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

Comments

[i-am-scowling.livejournal.com]

Definitely one of my favorites by her.

[jadedpoet84.livejournal.com]

Lovely, I love Sylvia. Her work is so haunting...

[crazydaisy730.livejournal.com]

*sigh* <3 sylvia plath. she and e.e cummings are my inspirations.