Ce soir je me permets rêver…
j’écoute le bat d’horloge de la salle de bains,
immergé dans une chaude vie fluide qui caresse mes limites,
un verre de vin de Saint Émilion,
un témoignage qu’a fait naître un livre,
des brèves messages d’une ancienne copine,
mes pensées prennent du recul,
je me vois dans mon intimité,
ça faisait longtemps que je n’ai pas décidé que pour moi,
je me sens libre,
porteur d’une liberté inviolable…
je suis un homme !
il me restent trois semaines à vivre dans le désert,
du temps qui s’écoule au même temps que ma médiocrité…
je serai un soldat véritable dans peu de temps,
amené à vivre dans l’ombre de grand Broca,
j’ai des oreilles,
des yeux,
les doigts crispés sur une lame prête à couper,
je me transforme,
je redevienne –
on m’a touché la main avec des lèvres noires,
je ne le mérite pas plus que lui,
c’est lui l’héro qui a vaincu,
et moi l’apprentie,
je suis Ses bras et je suis Sa volonté –
un martyr qui sourit !
Author Archives: Krstn Drupp
Blue
I wrote my letters with blue ink, locked the door and shut the blinds,
the last of candles burned down to the bottom of its jar
and worn out pages still rebel from a Bible that we’ve owned,
Steve passed away last night and the floor got cold,
all that’s left to save are laughter and three paintings on a wall…
I’ve been too young, my hands weak and my heart unsteady,
I’ve let the fire wildly spread and wreak our covered beds,
the jury did not charge but ash is all that do remain –
October roads of painful slow, no one knows where they go,
and blue rain starts falling from the diamond skies above…
Agnese
Dedicated to a cute girl I once saw while waiting for a plane…
Mornings may be cold in France
planes are sometimes late to part
nothing really troubles you,
Agnes, how do you do!
Are you going home?
someone dear is waiting you…
how long has it been,
did you miss them dearly too?
Agnes, I have seen you do,
I’ve staged conversations
with the left side of your left eye,
my dreams flew far with you…
And I’ve seen your hands
the signs are written there;
what’s the image in your mind,
is it beauty that is kind?
Mornings may be frozen cold
planes keep running pretty late,
I wish you flowers on a Sunday
and to hold your lover’s hand…
Lupul
„Don’t delete the kisses!”
unde te-ai ascuns?
sunt un lup născut în lumea din oglindă;
Alice aleargă după stele;
e mov,
sunt mov,
stelele și noi –
doi…
Într-o seară ai spus „I am a lucky girl”
și nu am auzit
și nu am crezut
nu am gândit,
e dimineață și caut vocea,
e soare și nu te găsesc,
cine ești?
dar eu cine sunt?
nu ești tu răspuns…
Alice…
ești tu oare?
te caut curgând estuare;
mă preschimb în sare
tu ești o apă
vom fi o Mare,
haide să scufundăm vapoare!
și sunt un lup, am blană sură
las urme adânci –
fără teamă,
îți voi picta trupul cu gura…
Oaza
Este seară peste Oază
și sunt nori pictați pe pânze
într-o zi vor curge flori peste notele uitate,
cu poteci săpate-n valuri de fiori
vor rosti credințe inimi chinuite în zadar…
Noaptea naște stele peste globuri de cristal
și din vise închegate cresc castele fără far,
plouă peste Oază
ape spală ochii zeilor de ceară –
fluvii fără maluri și mări de neînceput…
Dimineața se revarsă ca o aprigă sentință
și îneacă în lumină setea de ființă,
pași desculți prin roua rece,
urme scrise în strofe de căință,
vor fi martori pentru noua pocăință…
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One day I’ll be thirty-three
and thirst will pass and love remains
no hunger for deception
no clouds to hide a sunset from the beauty
everything shall pass and I will ride my bridge again;
My heart stays pure
the hands will hold her tight,
we’ll be happy
we’ll be kind
only love survives….
Saturday Night
Alice III
Hey there Alice, how do you do!
I have found a song that makes me think of you,
of all the evenings skating long past bedtime
and some funny dyed star that you could not see,
Alice,
I remember everything…
It’s a song I sang with you,
coffee in the shower, cigarettes after sex
we did not need pretexts
nor a book to guide us through,
love was blank for us to write
“I would have done everything with you”
I wish I’d do,
go up that hill once more with you…
Alice dearest, how do you do!
It’s a song I listen to
filled with autumn leafs and Bible queries,
one way or another
we’re going far and even farther,
for true sinners there is no earthly border
and I already confessed,
my fears killed the best I never had…
Sing with me
skin on skin, and the space between,
a little prayer
it’s alright, as I am fading out,
don’t let me fall
a high pitched toll will break the wall,
Alice,
put your arms and pull me under…
Alice, I do!
Transformation
I am growing feathers
my skin is getting dark
eyes see further, it is high
I am turning into a crow….
Save me from my own denial
come like a yellow prince;
I burn with every word
nails boiling from the plague,
this is the path I took,
I sip water to washout the truth
and my book is filled with hollows,
will you love me?
shall you see?
my heart is growing tired
live to it or let it be..
I fly too high
I burn the eye that sees,
like Icarus I tend to breathe
but pillars fall and bridges die,
hold me once
hold me tight
and love me from the silence
adore me from the dark,
I’m looking for a brother
I am searching for a sign…
I am black
my nails are sharp
feathers dark and feelings high,
this is why
the love is kind…
Poem II
I walked off a cliff and put my ear onto the Sea
and there were all,
each heart had wings and swam under me
and my love floated through mirrors I was not allowed to see,
for that was my own,
I was here and the doors took to me
new pair of arms to plant one tree
new pair of eyes to greet,
I slept into the deep
with every thought I loved, I lived…

