"I am not yours, not lost in you, Not lost, although I long to be Lost as a candle lit at noon, Lost as a snowflake in the sea." 'I Am Not Yours' is a short poem by American poet Sara Teasdale, first published in 'Rivers to the Sea' (1915). It is a platonic, romantic poem of untimely, unrequited love; melodic both aesthetically and in the verses of its three stanzas. Sara Teasdale (1884–1933) was an American lyrical poet whose most popular works today include The Collected Poems (1937), Love Songs (for which she won a Pulitzer Prize in 1918) and Flame and Shadow. Her works have cemented her legacy as a poetical force to be reckoned, inspiring countless artistic projects in the years since her tragic and untimely death by the hand of sleeping pills in 1933.