Adrienne Rich - Final Notations lyrics

It will not be simple, it will not be long
It will take little time
It will take all your thought
It will take all your heart
It will take all your breath
It will be short, it will not be simple

It will touch through your ribs
It will take all your heart
It will not be long
It will occupy your thought
As a city is occupied, as a bed is occupied
It will take all your flesh
It will not be simple

You are coming into us
Who cannot withstand you
You are coming into us who
Never wanted to withstand you
You are taking parts of us
Into places never planned
You are going far away with
Pieces of our lives

It will be short
It will take all your breath
It will not be simple
It will become your will