"The Wood-Pile"

"Out walking in the frozen swamp one grey day

I paused and said, "I will turn back from here.

No, I will go on farther--and we shall see."

The hard snow held me, save where now and then

One foot went down. The view was all in Straight up and down of tall slim trees

Too much alike to mark or name a place by

So as to say for certain I was here

Or somewhere else: I was just far from home.

A small bird flew before me. He was careful

To put a tree between us when he lighted,

And say no word to tell me who he was

Who was so foolish as to think what he thought

He thought that I was after him for a feather--

The white one in his tail; like one who takes

Everything said as personal to himself.

One flight out sideways would have undeceived him.

And then there was a pile of wood for which

I forgot him and let his little fear

Carry him off the way I might have gone,

Without so much as wishing him good-night..."

Wearing: Stella Mc Cartney knit, 7 For All Mankind jeans, Nowhere peek heels, Louis Vuitton speedy bag, B612 neckpiece, Vans sunnies

Poem excerpt from Robert Frost's "The Wood-Pile"