ILETA YOTHANDO: EDNA ST. UVINCENT MILLY NO-EDITH WYNN MATTHISON
Ngo-1917, kunyaka wakhe wokugqibela kwiKholeji yaseVassar - awayeyingene ebudaleni obungaqhelekanga be-21 kwaye apho waphantse wagxothwa ngenxa yepati kakhulu - u-Edna St. iminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu ngaphezulu kwakhe. Ithatyathwe ngomoya okhohlakeleyo kaMatthison, ubuhle obumangalisayo, kunye nesitayile esihle, umtsalane kaMillay weplatonic wakhawuleza wadubula waba kuthando olunzulu. UEdith, ibhinqa elingazange licele uxolo ngenxa yolonwabo lobomi, ekugqibeleni lamanga uEdna laza lammemela kwikhaya lakhe lasehlotyeni. Kwalandela uthotho lweeleta ezivuselela inkanuko. Ifunyenwe kwiiLeta zika-Edna St. Vincent Milllay (ithala leencwadi likawonke-wonke) - ekwasinika uMillay ngothando lwakhe lomculo kunye nomfanekiso wakhe odlalayo ongcolileyo-olu langazelelo lwe-epistolary lubamba loo mxube ongaqhelekanga wokuvutha kombane kunye nekratshi eliphazamisayo eliqhelekileyo kuye nabani na ukhe wasemathandweni.
Ebhalela uEdith, uEdna ulumkisa ngokungagungqiyo kwakhe ukuthetha:
Phulaphula; ukuba kwiileta zam eziya kuwe, okanye kwincoko yam, ubona ukuthetha phandle okukhangeleka ngathi kukrwada, - nceda yazi ukuba kungenxa yokuba xa ndicinga ngawe ndicinga ngezinto zokwenyani, kwaye ndinyaniseke, - kwaye ukukrokra kunye nokuphepha kubonakala ngathi. ayikhathalelwanga kakhulu.”
Kwelinye icala, uyacenga:
Nantoni na ondixelela yona ndiya kuyenza. … Ndithande, ndicela; Ndiyakuthandana. Ndinganyamezela ukuba ngumhlobo wakho. Ngoko cela nantoni na kum. … Kodwa ungaze 'unyamezele,' okanye 'ube nobubele.' Kwaye ungaze uphinde uthi kum - musa ukuba nabuganga bokuphinda uthi kum - 'Nangona kunjalo, ungenza isilingo' ngokuba ngumhlobo nawe! Kaloku andikwazi ukwenza izinto ngolo hlobo. ... Ndiyazi ukuba ndenza into endiyithandayo kuphela - ekufuneka ndiyenze - kwaye kufuneka ndibe ngumhlobo wakho."
Kwelinye icala, uMillay uchaza ngokucacileyo “ukuzinikela ngebhongo” entliziyweni yayo yonke inkanuko yenyama kunye nawo wonke ummangaliso “wokwenene, ukunyaniseka, uthando olupheleleyo”:
“Undibhalele ileta entle, — ndiyazibuza ukuba ubufuna ukuba mhle na njengoko ibinjalo. — Ndicinga ukuba wenzile; kuba ngandlel’ ithile ndiyazi ukuba indlela oziva ngayo ngam, nokuba incinane kangakanani na, yeyothando. …akukho nto ethe yenzeka kum ixesha elide endenze ndonwaba njengokuba ndiya kukutyelela ngelinye ixesha. — Uze ungalibali ukuba uthethe ngaloo nto, - kuba ingandiphoxa ngenkohlakalo. … Ndizakuzama ukuzisa izinto ezimbalwa ezintle kunye nam; Ndiya kuhlanganisa konke endinako, kwaye xa undixelela ukuba mandize, ndiya kuza, ngololiwe olandelayo, kanye njengokuba ndinjalo. Oku asikolulama, qiniseka; andizi kululamela; yazini ukuba kukuzingca ukuzinikela kuni; Andithethi ngolo hlobo kubantu abaninzi.
Ngothando,
Vincent Millay”
Shiya iMpendulo