Wild Swans, by Edna St. Vincent Millay

I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over.

And what did I see I had not seen before?

Only a question less or a question more;

Nothing to match the flight of wild birds flying.

Tiresome heart, forever living and dying,

House without air, I leave you and lock your door.

Wild swans, come over the town, come over

The town again, trailing your legs and crying!

From “Selected Poems” by Edna St. Vincent Millay (HarperPerennial: 162 pp., $9) Copyright 1997 Reprinted by permission.