from “The Walls Do Not Fall”, H.D.
from The Walls Do Not Fall by H.D.
Amen,
only just now,
my heart-shell
breaks open,
though long ago, the phoenix,
your bennu bird
dropped a grain,
as of scalding wax;
there was fragrance, burnt incense,
myrtle, aloes cedar;
the kingdom is a Tree
whose roots bind the heart-husk
to earth,
after the ultimate grain,
lodged in the heart-core,
has taken its nourishment.