Open Secret

From: Poetry | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Nelson, Marilyn | Copyright information

After Hadewijch of Anvers, thirteenth century

If your days swirled to chaos, wouldn't you turn

to someone on whose shoulder you could weep?

St. Paul says it's better to marry than to burn.

Wouldn't you choose the solace of escape

into the brief banquet of tenderness?

My widowed minister, with three motherless

children; my dear, whom my friends think is odd

(some even think my Calvin maybe mad):

What is gentlest in love is love's v...

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