Today’s Poem: Reconciliation, by Else Lasker-Schuler
Reconciliation
~Else Lasker-Schuler
A big star will fall into my lap…
We want to wake the night,
Pray in the tongues
That are shaped like harps.
We want to reconcile with night—
So much of God overflows.
Our hearts are children,
They would like to rest, weary-sweet.
And our lips want to kiss,
Why do you hesitate?
Does my heart not verge on yours—
Your blood colors my cheeks red.
We want to reconcile with night,
When we embrace we do not die.
A big star will fall into my lap.
