The dragon's lair

A personal collection of verse

Interior Portrait

Rainer Maria Rilke


You don't survive in me
because of memories;
nor are you mine because
of a lovely longing's strength.

What does make you present is
the ardent detour that
a slow tenderness traces
in my blood.

I do not need to see you appear;
being born sufficed for me
to lose you a little less.

Interior Portrait

Rainer Maria Rilke


You don't survive in me
because of memories;
nor are you mine because
of a lovely longing's strength.

What does make you present is
the ardent detour that
a slow tenderness traces
in my blood.

I do not need to see you appear;
being born sufficed for me
to lose you a little less.