The Mind
Nonentity
From Look! We Have Come Through! (1917)
The Mind
The stars that open and shut
Fall on my shallow breast
Like stars on a pool.
The soft wind, blowing cool
Laps little crest after crest
Of ripples across my breast.
And dark grass under my feet
Seems to dabble in me
Like grass in a brook.
Oh, and it is sweet
To be all these things, not to be
Any more myself.
For look,
I am weary of myself!
Cite this poem
MLA
Lawrence, D. H. “Nonentity.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lawrence/143/.
Chicago
Lawrence, D. H. “Nonentity.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lawrence/143/.
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