From a journey
I don’t allow myself to think . . . But even so . . .
Unending.
You did say, you didn’t,
or maybe you did feel?
All my hopes in a hope.
Next time. Soon. For sure.
I cut away all the shoots of doubt.
I kill off all the dreams. You too?
Before anything is noticed, I deny it.
I don’t allow myself
to imagine the first meeting
of eyes. Still less, a touch!
I want to lose myself.
I want to find myself
suddenly
in an embrace.
I want to shriek from surprise.
Although it was my aim, right from the start
to meet. Yours, too?
I am waiting with such intensity
That only disappointment can surprise.
And you, do you keep thrusting
into the future to disguise the waiting?
Do you keep throwing yourself
into despair, only to carry on
imagining again and again
how you keep making our bed
where we shall sleep for ever? Me too.
Translated by Anthony RudolphIfigenija Simonovic
Page(s) 255-256
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