abandoned
between darkness
and darkness
i waited
crouching and
crying

don't cry
don't cry in your thirst
for light
said the night then
she took me
on her naked
knees

it was that moment when
i looked
within myself
for the first time
like in a deep
well
then we left
hand in hand
i and the night


(transl. Ella Veres)

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