Famous Quotes | the ditch
where I left you...

the ditch
where I left you once,
like an old root that wouldn’t take hold,
that ditch where I left you
while I sailed off in madness
over the buildings and under my umbrella ...
- Anne Sexton
Attribution: Anne Sexton (1928–1974), U.S. poet. “A Little Uncomplicated Hymn.”

Categories: Abandonment, Madness

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