domingo, 30 de março de 2025

What remained

One by one, things went on holiday.
Cars grew attached to the tarmac,
shopping centres turned empty.

The days of the week dissolved.
We lived on in months
that faded into seasons.

The garden turned a jungle
of crops we’d planted
when everything was still open.

Sometimes we were scared, but you’re not
scared a lifetime. We made space, step
after step we walked backwards to the sidelines.

What remained: a smaller world to inhabit,
a sky full of birds and stars, the bliss
of those who exist in order to exist.

Ingmar Heytze


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