A review by paperrcuts
Come Close by Sappho

4.0

‘In all honesty, I want to die.’

Leaving for good after a good long cry,
She said: ‘We both have suffered terribly,
But, Sappho, it is hard to say goodbye.’

I said: ‘Go with my blessing if you go
Always remembering what we did. To me
You have meant everything, as you well know.

‘Yet, lest it slip your mind, I shall review
Everything we have shared – the good times, too:

‘You culled violets and roses, bloom and stem,
Often in spring and I looked on as you
Wove a bouquet into a diadem.


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