VI - Some were as loved loved, some as prizes prized.

by Fernando Pessoa · 1920
Published 01/07/1920

Some were as loved loved, some as prizes prized.

A natural wife to the fed man my mate,

I was sufficient to whom I sufficed.

I moved, slept, bore and aged without a fate.

#domestic life #existentialism #fernando pessoa #gender roles #objectification

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