IN NO DIRECTION
To go in no direction
Surely as carelessly,
Walking on the hills alone,
I never found easy.
Either I sent leaf or stick
Twirling in the air,
Whose fall might be
prophetic,
Pointing «there»,
Or in superstition
Edged somewhat away
From a sure direction
Yet could not stray,
Or undertook the climb
That I had avoided
Directionless some other
time,
Or had not avoided,
Or called as companion
An eyeless ghost
And held his no direction
Till my feet were lost.
Robert Graves.
