Hesitations Outside the Door (III) by Margaret Atwood, 1970


***


What do you want from me
you who walk towards me over the  l o n g   f l o o r

your arms  o u t s t r e t c h e d, your heart
luminous through the ribs

around your head a crown
of shining blood

This is your castle, this is your metal door,
these are your stairs, your

bones, you twist all possible
dimensions into your own