only the crossing counts by C. D. Wright
“It’s not how we leave one’s life. How go off / the air.” — C. D. Wright
Letter Written on a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound by Anne Sexton
"although everything has happened, / nothing has happened." — Anne Sexton
The Garden by Louise Glück
"even here, even at the beginning of love, / her hand leaving his face makes / an image of departure" — Louise Glück