We Have Not Long To Love
By Tennessee Williams (1911–1983)
The writer was born in Columbus, Mississippi.
Biography HERE.
We have not long to love.
Light does not stay.
The tender things are those
we fold away.
Coarse fabrics are the ones
for common wear.
In silence I have watched you
comb your hair.
Intimate the silence,
dim and warm.
I could but did not, reach
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