Let me
let you
make me
proud.
Let me
let you
be as
before
or as
after
me.
Be
what
you
will
be-
come
with
or with-
out
me
though
o
that
it were
face
to face
let me
let you
be
my
love.
Wide Margin Love Poem
Susan Barba
Susan Barba is a poet whose debut Fair Sun won the Anahid Literary Award for emerging Armenian-American writers. She is a senior editor with New York Review Books.
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