On The Terrace, poetry written by Janina Osewska at Spillwords.com

On The Terrace

On The Terrace

written by: Janina Osewska

translated by: Karol Chojnowski and Desmond Graham

 

twilight between the cracks of the day
a candle drowsily tempting moths
the fizz of their last breath
crumbling the silence

a mother embraced by an armchair
a son embraced by the mother
together in the arms of the night
silent from love

their living and the death of a creature
such simultaneity

Na Tarasie

written by: Janina Osewska

 

zmierzch w szczelinach dnia
świeca półsennie kusi ćmy
ostatnie tchnienie ich obecności
kruszy ciszę

matka w objęciach fotela
syn w objęciach matki
razem w ramionach nocy
milczą z miłości

ich bycie i owadzia śmierć –
taka równoczesność

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