Caroling Dusk/Paradox

by Angelina Weld Grimké

For works with similar titles, see Paradox.

PARADOX

When face to face we stand  And eye to eye,How far apart we are——— As far, they say, as God can ever beFrom what, they say, is Hell.

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But, when we standFronting the other,Mile after mile slipping in between,O, close we are,As close as is the shadow to the body,As breath, to life, . . . . . . . .As kisses are to love.

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