Living

Despair

by Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872–1906

Living

Let me close the eyes of my soul
That I may not see
What stands between thee and me.

Let me shut the ears of my heart
That I may not hear
A voice that drowns yours, my dear.

Let me cut the cords of my life,
Of my desolate being,
Since cursed is my hearing and seeing.

MLA

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “Despair.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/376/.

Chicago

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “Despair.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/376/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Paul Laurence Dunbar