#13 / A LULLABY TO AN UNBORN CHILD, A LOVE SONG
maja osojnik, 2014

(read both two lines in each verse simultaneously)

my sweet little baby / possibly maybe / in search of a smile / wait for me
delete, forget / just a dream too weak /   the past                  you fear

staring at a vast darkness / nursing my old fear / no silence is silent
at nights when all falls asleep     the world becomes       clear

big bird shadow on the wall / your lights go out / and the snow starts to fall
the time is high and music is dead / on hot summer days /   snow   falls

(and) every night i’m repeating it all;
replacing the forgotten with the selfinvented:
my heart beats so loud, i can’t even hear my voice,
i’m thinking: „perhaps i will lose my heart in this“
and then i get lost in you.
while you draw silently impromptu maps on my hungry skin,
i undress my distance
beneath layers of fear, naked and liquid
the borders of our bodies become unclear
and we exchange breathless kisses into sleep.