The Earth Will Come Back From the Dead
Franz Wright
Down empty roads gray with rain;
through branches
of new leaves then still
more light than leaf;
from turning alone, unperceived, with its sleeping, the wind
the transfiguring wind
in their leaves . . .
from turning, slowly
turning, turning
green
when everyone is gone.
through branches
of new leaves then still
more light than leaf;
from turning alone, unperceived, with its sleeping, the wind
the transfiguring wind
in their leaves . . .
from turning, slowly
turning, turning
green
when everyone is gone.


