When Alone I Am Not

Let My Life As Poet Begin. I Want The Life Of The Poet. I Have Labored For Over Twelve Years, One Thousand Pages Of Prose. Now, I Want The Easiness Of Poetry. The Brevity Of The Poem.

I Do Not Believe In Old Age. I Do Not Believe In Getting Tired.

I Learned To Make My Mind Large, As The Universe Is Large, So That There Is Room For Paradoxes.

To Shut The Door At The End Of The Workday, Which Does Not Spill Over Into Evening. To Throw Away Books After Reading Them So Theydon't Have To Be Dusted. To Go Through Boxes On New Year's Eve And Throw Out Half Of What Is Inside. Sometimes For Extravagance To Pick A Bunch Of Flowers For The One Table. Other Women Besides Me Must Have This Daydream About A Carefree Life.

We're All Under The Same Sky And Walk The Same Earth; We're Alive Together During The Same Moment.