LOVE SONG

By Evelyn Scott

Little father,

Little mother,

Little sister,

Little brother,

Little lover,

How can I go on living

With you away from me?

How can I get up in the morning

And go to bed at night,

And you not here?

How can I bear the sunrise and the sunset,

And the moonrise and the moonset,

And the flowers in the garden?

How can I bear them,

You,

My little father,

Little mother,

Little sister,

Little brother,

Little lover?