it can be given but can never be sold


it belongs to each one of us alone
it belongs to each one of us alone
yet it is not anyone’s possession
yet it is not anyone’s possession
wild though it is we fear only its loss —W. S. Merwin
wild though it is we fear only its loss
—W. S. Merwin

3 responses to “it can be given but can never be sold”

  1. no one but the person next to you will ever know how impossible some of your shots are. i see them and they look like miracles to me. not the subject, although that too, but presenting a souvenir of a nighthawk flitting so far up most people wouldn’t have even seen it.

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