You Are Not Alone

Islands

Originally published in The Gates (1976)

O for God’s sake
they are connected
underneath

They look at each other
across the glittering sea
some keep a low profile

Some are cliffs
The bathers think
islands are separate like them

© Muriel Rukeyser

Let’s stay together.

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