Lift up the blinds

“Lift up your head, let
Comfort come through the devil’s clouds,
The nightmare’s mist
Suspended from the devil’s precipice,
Let comfort come slowly, lift
Up your hand to stroke the light,
Its honeyed cheek, soft-talking mouth,
Lift up the blinds over the blind eyes.”

—Dylan Thomas, “Lift up your face”, The Poems of Dylan Thomas, 1971.

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