ellaenchanted2004:

“I would like to give you the silver
branch, the small white flower, the one
word that will protect you
from the grief at the center
of your dream, from the grief
at the center I would like to follow
you up the long stairway
again & become
the boat that would row you back
carefully, a flame
in two cupped hands
to where your body lies
beside me, and as you enter
it as easily as breathing in”

— Margaret Atwood – from “Variations on The Word Sleep” in Selected Poems II:1976-1986 (via watchoutforintellect)