Sophia de Mello Breyner

I only know I walk like someone Beheld beloved and known

Sophia de Mello Breyner | February 1994 (Vol. VII, No. 2)

I'm listening yet I don't know
If what I hear is silence
Or God.

I'm listening but I can't tell
If I hear the plain of emptiness echoing
Or a keen consciousness that
At the bounds of the universe
Deciphers and watches me.

I only know I walk like someone
Beheld beloved and known
And because of this I put into my every movement
Solemnity and risk.

~ Sophia de Mello Breyner
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