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Tiredness (Free verse) by kawakurdi
I am very tired. I donât know why
This ignorance makes me even more tired
As if I am a reincarnation of a former life
Whose steps have gone limp
Whose looks have become blunt
Whose heart is depressed like an Icelander
In the last day of summer and the first day of autumn
At nigh the lullaby of loneliness does not let me sleep
The arms of isolation do not let me calm down
During the day the see-saw of exile does not let me learn to walk
Love! You can strike your blow too and disappear
Cold iron cannot care less about another hammer
I will freeze in this lake of estrangement
A nameless Iceland
Waiting for a sunshine
Which has for long followed a flock of clouds and gone astray
Has this sunshine become a rain of rays in the occupiersâ land?
Or has it become a mist and melted away in the faraway oceans?
Now it is only the thread of a dream
Like blood tissues, binding me, you and the land together
Perhaps in a dream road, a dreamland, a dream ruins
We will meet each other again
Then please return my greetings
Please do not give me cold looks
What can cold winds do to an ice lake?
Perhaps the sunshine of your eyes
Will let my icy heart melt away
Like an Icelander whose heart snaps
From the joy of the sudden return of spring.
I am very tired. I donât know why
This ignorance exhausts me even more.
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