The Tunnel Poem by Robert Creeley

The Tunnel



Tonight, nothing is long enough—
time isn't.
Were there a fire,
it would burn now.

Were there a heaven,
I would have gone long ago.
I think that light
is the final image.

But time reoccurs,
love—and an echo.
A time passes
love in the dark.

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Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley

Arlington, Massachusetts
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