Who doesn’t gather knows
I’ve been hit by luck that I no longer have hope.
I don't plan a vacation knowing where the wildest paths lead.
I don't even believe in a lack of faith – at least I have the courage,
and I'm not looking for arguments, because I avoid dead ends.
Though I welcome emptiness in all its forms.
Thoughts pass through me like birds through our birch –
its leaves turn gold as they leave, while Indian chimes turn copper, becoming.
I like rust – its patience for modernity,
and can no longer carry myself like a procession of Corpus Christi or a love parade,
because we only parade with what we do not have.
©Szweda
Castlerock 2017