Letters Found Near a Suicide: To Telie
You have made my voice A rippling laugh But my heart A crying thing ... ’Tis better thus: A fleeting kiss And then, The dark....
Frank Horne
You have made my voice A rippling laugh But my heart A crying thing ... ’Tis better thus: A fleeting kiss And then, The dark....
Addressed to someone named Telie, these lines read like a private goodbye. The speaker says their voice has become “a rippling laugh,” but their heart is “a crying thing.” In other words, around Telie they could sound happy and bright, even while feeling deep sadness underneath.
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