The Shadow that Walks Alone, by Evelyn Scott

The Shadow that Walks Alone

The silence tugs at my breast
With formless lips,
Like a heavy baby,
Attenuates me,
Draws me through myself into it.
I sit in the womb of an idiot,
Helpless before its mouthing tenderness.
The huge flap ears are attentive,
And the soundless face bends toward me
In horrible lovingness.

poems.one - Evelyn Scott

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