The rust of hours,
Through a year of days,
Has dulled the edge of the pain;
But at night
A wheel in my sleep
Grinds it smooth and keen.
By day I remember
A face that was lit
With the softness of human pattern;
But at night
It is changed in my sleep
To a bygone carved in chalk.
A cottage inland
Through a year of days
Has latched its doors on the sea;
But at night
I return in my sleep
To the cold, green lure of the waters.
The Drowning
E. J. Pratt
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Poem topics: green, pain, remember, sea, edge, human, face, cold, return, Valentine's Day, wheel, year, night, sleep, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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