I Wanted To See What Was Not Real
I wanted to see what was not real
I swam in the deep waters of deception
now my eyes are wide open
and the past is as present
I see everything all over again
just as it happened yesterday
and nothing remains to me
just a miserable shattered mirror
the stars suddenly went out
leaving me alone with my thin shadow
tears run down my face
darkness around me
the cold wind cuts my body
and as I wander in the wild obscurity
flowers fall from the trees under the shape of flames
burning every part of my body.
Esther Elizabeth Racah