“Nobody wanted your dance,
Nobody wanted your strange glitter, your floundering
Drowning life and your effort to save yourself,
Treading water, dancing the dark turmoil,
Looking for something to give.”
Source: Birthday Letters
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English poet and children's writer 1930–1998Related quotes

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Source: prevale.net