“If I am dumb beside your body
while silence blossoms like tumours on our lips
it is because I hear a man climb the stairs
and clear his throat outside our door.”
More from Leonard Cohen
“I'll never come through this alone.”
“Love is a fire. It burns everyone. It disfigures everyone. It is the world’s excuse for…”
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”
“How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?”