Wisława Szymborska

Discovery

I believe in the refusal to take part.
I believe in the ruined career.
I believe in the wasted years of work.
I believe in the secret taken to the grave.
These words soar for me beyond all rules
without seeking support from actual examples.
My faith is strong, blind, and without foundation.

I can't talk about her: onto such deepness of lively tenderness, what could I say? Just read read read her.