VIII - Scarce five years passed ere I passed too.

by Fernando Pessoa · 1920
Published 01/07/1920

Scarce five years passed ere I passed too.

Death came and took the child he found.

No god spared, or fate smiled at, so

Small hands, clutching so little round.

#fernando pessoa #fleeting time #grief #innocence #loss #mortality

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