poetry

You shall not despair

You shall not despair

Because I have forsaken you

Or cast your love aside;

There is a greater love than mine

Which can comfort you

And touch you with softer hands.

I am no longer

Friendly and beautiful to you;

Your body cannot gladden me,

Nor the splendour of your dark hair,

But I do not humiliate you;

You shall be taken sweetly again

And soothed with slow tears;

You shall be loved enough.

(Dylan Thomas)