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Dienstag, 24. Mai 2011

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