Recommencement
(Vers lus en ouvrant un livre au hasard)



We learned the Whole of Love —
The Alphabet — the Words —
A Chapter — then the mighty Book —
Then — Revelation closed —

But in Each Other’s eyes
An Ignorance beheld —
Diviner than the Childhood’s —
An each to each, a Child —

Attempted to expound
What Neither — understood —
Alas, that Wisdom is so large —
And Truth — so manifold!


Emily Dickinson. Illustration: Joan Miró, Bleu II, 1961.