IX - There is a silence where the town was old.

by Fernando Pessoa · 1920
Published 01/07/1920

There is a silence where the town was old.

Grass grows where not a memory lies below.

We that dined loud are sand. The tale is told.

The far hoofs hush. The inn's last light doth go.

#fernando pessoa #impermanence #memory #nostalgia #silence #urban decay

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