Tall are the trees of my childhood
naked tree trunks
without wind, without birds
black stalks
As a child you never got lost in the woods
even though you wanted to
now you get lost even though you don't want to
or even if you do
We look the darkness in the eyes
sleep that doesn't stay
in the life other than for a brief moment
we look the darkness in the eyes
sleep that you can't see
other than for a brief moment
What you say is as if spoken by a stranger
but just go ahead and say it
for the thousandth time
What I say is as if spoken by a stranger
but I just go ahead and say it
and still repeat it
Despair travels on buses,
subways, trains
stares at its tired faces
against the darkness in the windows
Seeing a rusty Ferris wheel
that creaks in the wind
like the world alone in the empty
space