#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 /Ā Ā the pastĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā you fear
staring at a vast darkness / nursing my old fear / no silence is silent
at nights when all falls asleepĀ Ā Ā Ā the world becomesĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 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 /Ā Ā snowĀ Ā falls
(and) every night iām repeating it all;
replacing the forgotten with the selfinvented:
my heart beats so loud, i canāt even hear my voice,
iām thinking: āperhaps i will lose my heart in thisā
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.