A PROMISE

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This evening
when night begins
and the city quietens,
come with me
through the gardens
of famous men
past the monuments
to beautiful women
by the rivers and paths
of a dream. Here
we are always young
and I will promise
to take you
into this world
when you’re sick
when you’re alone
when you see
through the window
an old sky,
a lost child,
and I will write
without a pencil
on your mouth
the memories of this place
which you will not forget.