Poetry is a spirit seeking flesh
but finding words.

Joseph Brodsky

Your body will age, you will continue to need.
You will want the earth, then more of the earth -

Sublime, indifferent, it is present, it will not respond.
It is encompassing, it will not minister.

Meaning, it will feed you, it will ravish you.
It will not keep you alive.

Louise Gluck
“The Sensual World”
The Seven Ages