Do not fret, do not cry, do not tax…

Do not fret, do not cry, do not tax
Your last strength, and your heart do not torture.
You’re alive, you’re inside me, intact,
As a buttress, a friend, an adventure.

I’ve no fear of standing exposed
As a fraud in my faith in the future.
It’s not life, not a union of souls
We are breaking off, but a hoax mutual.

From straw mattresses’ sick wretchedness
To the fresh air of wide open spaces!
It’s my brother and hand. It’s addressed
Like a letter, to you, crisp and bracing.

Like an envelope, tear it across,
With Horizon begin correspondence,
Give your speech the sheer Alpian force,
Overcome the sick sense of forlornness.

O’er the bowl of Bavarian lakes
With the marrow of osseous mountains
You will know I was not a glib fake
And of sugared assurances spouter.

Fare ye well and God bless you! Our bond
And our honour aren’t tamely domestic.
Like a sprout in the sunlight, unbend,
And then things will assume a new aspect.