“So like a bit of stone I lieUnder a broken tree.I could recover if I shriekedMy heart's agonyTo passing bird, but I am dumb.”
“But do not misunderstand - I turned him to stone from compassion. Stone men have stone hearts, and stone hearts cannot be wounded or broken. I would show you the same compassion, if you wish it.”
“Stone, steel, dominions pass,Faith too, no wonder;So leave alone the grassThat I am under.”
“And I ran after that voice through the streets so as not to lose sight of the splendid wreath of bodies gliding over the city, and I realized with anguish in my heart that they were flying like birds and I was falling like a stone, that they had wings and I would never have any.”
“I am as I am,And so is a stone;Them that don't like me,Must leave me alone.”
“He has to take me as I am, broken bits and all.”