Amy Lowell (
1874-
1925)
from
Pictures of the Floating World (
1919)
You are
ice and fire,
The touch of you burns my hands like
snow.
You are cold and flame.
You are the crimson of
amaryllis,
The silver of
moon-touched
magnolias.
When I am with you,
My
heart is a frozen pond
Gleaming with agitated torches.