Famous Quotes | She saw
her five young...

She saw
her five young children
writhe and die;
in that hour
she began to watch you,
she whose eyes are open forever. - Denise Levertov
Attribution: Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo–U.S. poet. “Two Variations.”

Categories: Childhood, Death, Vietnam War

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