Rita Dove - Wiederkehr lyrics

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Rita Dove - Wiederkehr lyrics

He only wanted me for happiness: to walk in air and not think so much, to watch the smile begun in his eyes end on the lips his eyes caressed. He merely hoped, in darkness, to smell rain; and though he saw how still I sat to hold the rain untouched inside me, he never asked if I would stay. Which is why, when the choice appeared, I reached for it.