Thank You For the Day,

…THANK YOU FOR THE NIGHT! By Fatmir Terziu In the long journey of metaphors With beasts, With insects, With bestiality within ourself Hurried steps. Melting and kissing A life measured by moving hands Always entwined in the arithmetic The movement of the pendulum with a screech Thank you for the day, …thank you for the night! Bikinis thrown into modern chests In this path sown for, who knows? Bouquets of Flowers that hold the smell of mould A crumb, A promise A stabbing disappointment. Thank you for the day, …thank you for the night! Instinctive combing during this journey In windows, Reflections, Crystal tires Frozen ice. Melted ice Statues with cold flesh erode themselves ‘He was born a hero!’ …’She died a heroine!’ Thank you for the day, …thank you for the night! Hurried memories in lined papers Among the single figures Double figures Or triplets Momentary distractions. Sadness and parting A life which is recycled through memories Ancient footsteps, old blemishes Rest in the distant field Thank you for the day, …thank you for the night!