Marzanna Bogumila Kielar
‘Silence of a daybreak…’
1.
silence of a daybreak cut to the bone; waiting,
till at least the wind comes back, clouds gather soot, and light
drifts into cracks;
till the least gleam – a teaspoon on a saucer, scattered
papers, bed-sheets. And a dry flame will consume
the burnt-out timber of disclosed things
2.
torn into strips, the light is supporting trees, entrails
of water steam; it dawns. Sun is a mere split
in a cast-iron cauldron of fire –
silence of a daybreak cut to the bone; waiting,
till at least the wind comes back, clouds gather soot, and light
drifts into cracks;
till the least gleam – a teaspoon on a saucer, scattered
papers, bed-sheets. And a dry flame will consume
the burnt-out timber of disclosed things
2.
torn into strips, the light is supporting trees, entrails
of water steam; it dawns. Sun is a mere split
in a cast-iron cauldron of fire –
Translated by Elzbieta Wójcik-Leese
Page(s) 30
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