Dark young pine, at the center of the earth originating, I have made your sacrifice. Whiteshell, turquoise, abalone beautiful, Jet beautiful, fool's gold beautiful, blue pollen beautiful, reed pollen, pollen beautiful, your sacrifice I have made. This day your child I have become, I say. Watch over me. Hold your hand before me in protection. Stand guard for me, speak in defense of me. As I speak for me, so will I speak for you. May it be beautiful before me, May it be beautiful behind me, May it be beautiful below me, May it be beautiful above me, May it be beautiful all around me. I am restored in beauty. I am restored in beauty. I am restored in beauty. I am restored in beauty. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IVY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON REPULSE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE SUICIDE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE CHARGE OF THE BREAD BRIGADE by EZRA POUND |