mildlydiscouraging: [ID: The poem “We Have Not Long to Love” by Tennessee Williams. It r
mildlydiscouraging: [ID: The poem “We Have Not Long to Love” by Tennessee Williams. It reads:“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 /to touch your arm. /I could, but do not, break /that which is still. /(Almost the faintest whisper /would be shrill.) /So moments pass as though /they wished to stay. /We have not long to love. /A night. A day…..”End of description.] -- source link
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