Pluto

To Charlotte Smith

Smith,
I see him more with envy than with fear;
He has no nice felicities that shrink
From giant horrors; wildly wandering here,
He seems (uncursed with reason) not to know
The depth or the duration of his woe.

是什麼支持著妳走過命運殘酷的風暴呢？幼童依戀的眼神還是無法掩飾的才華？在聽取殷切的警告時，難道妳對那懸崖上的風景不曾有過好奇？

而妳必定在無人覷見的時分前往那裡許多次，對峭壁底下風浪的咆哮、冰冷的海風、以及天空茫然的眼神都如此熟悉。

妳羨慕的不是瘋狂，而是逃避現實的能力。妳需要美麗的夢境沈睡，但妳一直都醒著，走過險峻的現實深淵。