promise
for Maria by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen promise you are the spring I had hoped for life multiplied and full of light each moment perfect and lived to the full
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ruins
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919-2004) was an outstanding Portuguese poet. She often talked about the sea, and Ancient Greece seems omnipresent in her poetry. This post is for Maria. Despite the ruins and death, The illusions that fate smashes, All my dreams are filled with strength And my bliss rises from ashes So my hands are never empty.