She Who Could Bind You
She who could bind you Could bind fire to a wall; She who could hold you Could hold a waterfall; She who could keep you Could keep the wind from blowing On a warm spring night With a low moon glowing.
Sara Teasdale
She who could bind you Could bind fire to a wall; She who could hold you Could hold a waterfall; She who could keep you Could keep the wind from blowing On a warm spring night With a low moon glowing.
The speaker addresses someone who seems impossible to keep or hold close. The opening lines imagine a woman with power so great that if she could truly bind or hold this person, she could do other impossible things: fasten fire to a wall or hold a waterfall in her hands.
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