Bound by Aline Murray Kilmer

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If I had loved you, soon, ah, soon I had lost you. Had I been kind you had kissed me and gone your faithless way. The kiss that I would not give is the kiss that your lips are holding: Now you are mine forever, because of all I have cost you.   You think that you are free and have given over your sighing, You think that from my coldness your love has flown away: But mine are the hands you shall dream that your own are holding, And mine is the face you shall look for when you are dying.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Bound” was originally published in Kilmer’s collection Vigils (George H. Doran Company, 1921).   Aline Murray Kilmer was born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1888. She published five books of essays and poetry, most of which concerned war and loss, and two collections of children’s stories. Kilmer died in New Jersey in 1941. Poetry by Kilmer   Vigils (Nabu Press, 2013) "Wild Swans" by Edna St. Vincent Millay "Tender Buttons [A Box]" by Gertrude Stein "Woman in Front of a Poster of Herself" by Alice Notley Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038