With Certain Blue Crystallizations

The night is of the color
Of a woman's arm
Night, the female,
Obscure,
Fragrant and supple,
Conceals himself.
A pool shines ,
Like a bracelet
Shaken in a dance.

I measure myself
Against a tall tree.
I find that I am much taller,
For I reach right up to the sun,
With my eye;
And I reach to the shore of the sea
With my ear.
Nevertheless, I dislike
The way the ants crawl
In and out of my shadow.

When my dream was near the moon,
The white folds of the gown
Filled with yellow light.
The soles of its feet
Grew red.
Its hair filled
With certain blue crystallizations
From stars,
Not Far off.

Not all the knives of the lamp-posts,
Nor the chisels of the long streets,
Nor the mallets of the dromes
And high towers,
Can carve
What one star can carve,
Shining through the grape-leaves.