Advice to a girl

No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed;
Lay that on your heart,
My young angry dear;
This truth, this hard and precious stone,
Lay it on your hot cheek,
Let it hide your tear.
Hold it like a crystal
When you are alone
And gaze in the depths of the icy stone.
Long, look long and you will be blessed:
No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed.

 

Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) from Mirror of the Heart (Macmillan).

 

The picture is a still from the film Eigengrau, (2011, 35mm, color, sound), by Melvin Moti (picture by Diana Marrone)

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