Ermutigung

Hier ruft keiner mehr an und du

bist gezwungen nach eigenem

Code zu leben.

Allein gehst du

hierhin und dorthin.

Zu trauern

ist dir erlaubt.

Umdrehen

darfst du dich auch deine Schritte

am Himmel verankern

kopfüber rollen die Strasse entlang.

Leben nach deinen Gesetzen

der Schwerkraft.

Angst hast du

zu zeigen dein wahres Gesicht?

Nur ruhig: Sie erkennen es nicht.

(Ulla Hahn)

You tell me that silence

is nearer to peace than poems

but if for my gift

I brought you silence

(for I know silence)

you would say

    This is not silence

this is another poem

and you would hand it back to me

(Leonard Cohen)

Either you will
go through this door
or you will not go through.

If you go through
there is always the risk
of remembering your name.

Things look at you doubly
and you must look back
and let them happen.

If you do not go through
it is possible
to live worthily

to maintain your attitudes
to hold your position
to die bravely

but much will blind you,
much will evade you,
at what cost who knows?

The door itself
makes no promises.
It is only a door.

-Adrienne Rich