my father moved through dooms of love

by E. E. Cummings
              34

m`/ /=4th3r Mov3|) +|-|/~O(_)gH doom$ OF |_ovE
ThR()ugh sAME$ Oph 4m t#r()(_)gh HaVE$ Oph GivE,
Sin9ing 34c|-| mOr/v!N9 OU~|~ 0f [-A[h |\|IgHt
|\/|y ph@~|~HER M()ve[> ~|~#R()(_)gH [>[-/>THS oF #[-!9#t

T#!S |v|o+!()nless /=O/^9etph(_)L \\/H3r[-
t(_)R/vEd @t |-|1$ G|_a/vce TO sH1ning |-|e/~e;
~|~|-|A+ !ph(5o t!m1D ai/^ !$ phirm)
u/v|)3r His 3v/3s WoUld s~|~!r A/v[> 5quIrm

nEw|_y a5 FRom |_|nbuR1ec| wHic#
fl0A+$ ~|~hE phir$t W#o,|-|I$ aP/^1|_ TOu[H
drovE 5|_3epIn9 sEl\/es T0 S|/\|A/~M T#31r pha~|~[-s
W()k[- [>/~EAmeRs ~|~0 TH3ir gh()5~|~|_Y /~0O~|~s

aNd Sh()(_)/_c| so|\/|E |/\|hy c0MP|_3tEl`/ weE/O
mY pha~|~#3r's f1|\|g3rs |3ro(_)gHT |-|Er S/_3eP:
vaiN|_Y /vo $|v|A/_|_35t voi[[- m!GhT CrY
/=or #[- (o(_)l|) /=eE|_ T|-|E mo|_||\|t4i/v5 g/~()\\/.

|_IfTi|\|g th[- \/@/_lE`/5 oph ~|~He s[-4
My pha~|~h3/^ m0\/3D ~|~h/^()U9h Griephs oph _/()`/;
/>/~@i5iNg @ phor3h3AD caL/_ed ~|~|-|e |v|oO/v
siN91/vG d[-5!r[- 1/vtO |3egi/v

Jo`/ Wa$ |-|!$ S()|\|G AN[> jOv/ So /Our3
4 he4/~~|~ oph S~|~Ar 8Y |-|I|\/| Co|_|/_d $t33R
@|\||) />|_|/~e s0 Now 4Nd nO\\/ $o Y[-s
th3 |/\|r!$~|~5 of ~|~\\/i/_I9#t \\/()uLd reJO1[3

Ke3N A5 |v|Idsumm3r's kE3|\| |3Ey0|\||)
c0|\|[3i\/I/v9 MInD Oph s(_)n |/\|i/_L $t@|\||),
so $~|~/~1C+/_y(ov3r (_)tm()5~|~ Him
so hugelY) $~|~o()d M`/ fa~|~H3r's |)R3aM

H!5 fLesh wA5 /=L[-s|-| hi$ 8|_o0D W@s b|_()oD:
n() |-|U/vg/~y |\/|A|\| 8uT |/\|!5#Ed hI|\/| fo0D;
|\|o criP/O/_3 WO|_|l[>n'T cr3eP 0NE m!/_E
up#IlL ~|~o O/v|_y 5e[- h!M $M1L3.

scor|\|!/vg +hE p0m/> Of mu$t an|) $halL
|v|v/ F@T#E/~ m()V[-|) thRo(_)gh d()Om5 Of ph33L;
hi$ a/vGE/~ \\/A$ 45 RiGht as /~a!n
HI5 pIt`/ wa$ a$ gr[-3N as gr41/v

sE/Ot[-|v|8[-ri/vg A/~|v|S Of YE4r exT3nd
`/e5 hU|v|blv/ \\/3A|_Th +O fo3 anD /=/^!3/vD
+#4n he to phoolish 4N[> T() |/\|i$3
ofph[-REd !|v|M[-4sur4b|_3 !s

pROUdlv/ @nd(B`/ O(TO|3Eri|\|g /=lA|\/|[-
b3[kOne|))4$ 3Ar+H WILl Dow/vw@/^d [/_i|\/|b,
$o Nak[-c| F0R 1|v|m0/^T@/_ w0r|<
H!s $hO(_)ld3/~$ mar(hed ag@1n5t +h3 dar|<

hi$ s()Rr0\\/ \\/45 AS ~|~/~|_|3 4s B/~e@d:
/v0 |_1Ar |_oo|<3d #!|v| in tH3 |-|3@|);
iF [-\/ER`/ ph/~i[-n|) bE[A|v|e |-|i$ phO[-
|-|E'D /_au9H @/vc| 8uI|_|) a WoRL|) \\/1t|-| sn0w.

My /=athe/^ |v|()V[-d +hrougH ~|~#Eys oph we,
sIng!/vG 3@c|-| nEw l3Aph ou~|~ ()F eac|-| tR3E
(and [-vE/^`/ ch1L|) waS suRE t#a~|~ 5/O/^!|\|G
[>a|\|cEd Wh[-/v She H34/~c| M`/ f4th[-r sINg)

tH[-n /_3t |v|E|\| |<iL|_ \\/hicH caNNOt 5#arE,
/_et B/_Oo[> ANd fL[-$h |3E mu[> aNd MirE,
Sch3|\/|ing Im@gIne,p45siO/v w1/_l[-c|,
f/^[-e|)0|\/| A |)RUg THAT'5 |3ough~|~ Anc| $()ld

g1vi/vg ~|~O $~|~3a|_ a/v|) CrU[-l KInc|,
4 |-|34/^t TO fe@R,t0 [>0u8t 4 mi|\|d,
t0 d!/=F3R a Di$E4se Of $ame,
co|\|f()/^m tHe /O1|\|na(LE Of A|\/|

t#OUgh d|_|L/_ W3r3 alL W3 t4$t3 AS br1ght,
b!~|~ter 4lL ut+3rLY th!|\|gS s\\/3et,
mAggoTY miN|_|s a|\|D dum|3 dE@th
@/_/_ we I|\|hEri+,ALL beQueat#

a/v[> /vO~|~#INg Q(_)1Te sO le45+ as +RU+H
--1 S4Y T#()uGh #4~|~3 w3re w#Y Men 8/~[-aT#3--
|3Eca(_)s[- my FA~|~her li\/3c| h!s S()|_|l
LOve !5 th[- \\/hO/_e @n[> mO/^E +h4n @L/_
the demonweb

my father moved through dooms of love
