Derek Alton Walcott (Дерек Элтон Уолкотт)

The Fist

The fist clenched round my heart
loosens a little, and I gasp
brightness; but it tightens
again. When have I ever not loved
the pain of love? But this has moved

past love to mania. This has the strong
clench of the madman, this is
gripping the ledge of unreason, before
plunging howling into the abyss.

Hold hard then, heart. This way at least you live.

1. Love after Love
2. In the Virgins
3. Map of the New World
4. The Star-Apple Kingdom
5. Bleecker Street, Summer

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