Blue Song

Tennessee Williams

I am tired. I am tired of speech and of action.
If you should meet me upon the street do not question me
for I can tell you only my name and the name of the town
I was born in–but that is enough.
It does not matter whether tomorrow arrives anymore.
If there is only this night and after it is morning
it will not matter now.
I am tired. I am tired of speech and of action.
In the heart of me you will find a tiny handful of dust.
Take it and blow it out upon the wind.
Let the wind have it and it will find its way home.