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“The Brave Man” by Wallace Stevens 🇺🇸 (2 Oct 1879 – 2 Aug 1955)
The sun, that brave man,
Comes through boughs that lie in wait,
That brave man.
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Green and gloomy eyes
In dark forms of the grass
Run away.
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The good stars,
Pale helms and spiky spurs,
Run away.
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Fears of my bed,
Fears of life and fears of death,
Run away.
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That brave man comes up
From below and walks without meditation,
That brave man.