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Instead of Going

By Fatmir Terziu

Bird of my heart, come

Sing with me the melodies of old love

Take away my longing for the first hours of kissing…

I return to you the moist breath beneath the marble

Over a bouquet of flowers, quiet without a sound

Away from the footsteps of flat heels

Away from the temperamental wrinkly-leaved Willow…

 

Longed for bird, come

Alarm my whole presence, light in the air

Weave your warmest shield of protection

And…

Together we will meet again up there among the stars

Over the snow-like clouds in their passing vibrations

Away from those evil and overused whispers

Away from the failed gathering of owls…

 

Bird, flying soul, come

Stop on my tired and sleepy arm

As we waltz our 20-year-old waltz

As a result you retake me to where life should have begun

Under the rapid Friday flow

Near our former quiet dreams

Near this new day with night inside it.

 

Bird of my everything, come

Sing our favourite song

So as we forget that pain at least tonight

Take me to where the lines lead

Where life never gets old

Where the doorsteps themselves are forgotten

Where there is only morning

…Where you stand by me full of joy…

 

Bird of my heart, fly

Sing me the melodies of the old love

Take away my longing for the first hours of kissing and…

I return to you the moist breath beneath the marble

Over a bouquet of flowers, quiet without a sound

Away from the crawling among earth-tears

Away from that paranoid weather…

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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