Dawn will set candles guttering. <br />It will light up and loose the swifts. <br />With this reminder I'll burst in: <br />Let life be just as fresh as this! <br /> <br />Dawn's like a gunshot in the dark. <br />A bang-and flying burning bits <br />Of wadding go out, spark by spark. <br />Let life be just as fresh as this. <br /> <br />Another guest outside's the wind. <br />At night, it huddled close to us. <br />It's shivering-at dawn, it rained. <br />Let life be just as fresh as this. <br /> <br />It's so ridiculous and vain! <br />Why did it want to guard this place? <br />It saw the 'No admittance' sign. <br />Let life be just as fresh as this. <br /> <br />I'll do your bidding at a sign- <br />A wave of kerchief-now, <br />While in the darkness you still reign <br />And while the fire's not out.<br /><br />Boris Pasternak<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fiat/
