If you have forgotten water lilies floating <br />On a dark lake among mountains in the afternoon shade, <br />If you have forgotten their wet, sleepy fragrance, <br />Then you can return and not be afraid. <br /> <br />But if you remember, then turn away forever <br />To the plains and the prairies where pools are far apart, <br />There you will not come at dusk on closing water lilies, <br />And the shadow of mountains will not fall on your heart.<br /><br />Sara Teasdale<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/water-lilies/
