An Affirming Flame - W.H. Auden

[Lawrence Robinson]

An Affirming Flame 


Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.

	- W.H. Auden
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