#i've had migraine the last two days due to a postponed nerve block and this is just what I need'

[queenlucythevaliant]

What shall I do with this body I've been given, so much at one with me, so much my own?

For the quiet happiness of breathing, being able to be alive, tell me to whom I should be grateful?

I am gardener, flower too, and not alone in the world's dungeon.

My warmth, my exhalation, one can already see on the window-pane of eternity.

The pattern printed in my breathing here has not been seen before.

Let the moment's condensation vanish without trace: the cherished pattern no one can efface.

-Osip Mandelstam

#i tend to gravitate towards his darker poems #but this one just! #! #i've had migraine the last two days due to a postponed nerve block and this is just what I need' #this body i've been given is made to breathe deep and experience beautiful things #russia where are you flying to? #be strong and courageous #pontifications and creations