(Ungeduld des Herzens*)
In homage to Stefan Zweig
This blossomed tree grown crookèd on the hill
an onshore wind espouses lest desire
reveal that void – cathedral of the soul –
whose hawk in spirals weaves a twisted spire.
Catherine Eisner
*The Heart's Impatience, a powerful psychological study of emotional betrayal, is a 1939 novel by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig and it was his longest work of fiction; published in English as Beware of Pity. The protagonist, a young lieutenant, moved by compassion is trapped into a tragic engagement to a wealthy heiress, wheelchair-bound and infatuated and overwhelmed by a make-believe romance than can never be realised.
See also: Sternstunden, Toxic Pacts and the Silent Woman’s Tryst of Blood https://catherineeisnerfrance.blogspot.com/2013/12/sternstunden-toxic-pacts-and-silent.html
