eterneity - eugène guillevic

Eternity
by Eugène Guillevic (tr. Denise Levertov)

Eternity

never was lost.

What we did not know

was how to translate it into days,

skies, landscapes,

into words for others,

authentic gestures.

But holding on to it for ourselves,

that was not difficult,

and there were moments

when it seemed clear to us

we ourselves were eternity.