I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because reflections of clouds and trees are not clouds and trees.


"Esse" (1954), trans. Czesław Miłosz and Robert Pinsky - Uncollected Poems (1954-1969)

Czesław Miłosz Quotes

I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because...

I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because...

I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because...

I was left behind with the immensity of existing things. A sponge, suffering because it cannot saturate itself; a river, suffering because...