The Mind
Footsteps
From Curtains (1921)
The Mind
They pass so close, the people on the street;
Footfall, footfall;
I know them from their footsteps' pulsing beat;
Footfall, footfall;
The tripping, lingering and the heavy feet;
I hear them call:
I am the dance of youth, and life is fair!
Footfall, footfall;
I am a dream, divinely unaware!
Footfall, footfall;
I am the burden of an old despair!
Footfall . . .
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MLA
Hall, Hazel. “Footsteps.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hall_h/6/.
Chicago
Hall, Hazel. “Footsteps.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hall_h/6/.
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