Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Suddenly


Human Condition, René Magritte

Suddenly something snaps in me and catches in my throat,


suddenly, in the middle of work, I jump up,


suddenly, in a hotel, in the hall, standing up, I fall into a dream,


suddenly, on the sidewalk, a branch whacks me in the forehead, suddenly a wolf howls at the moon, miserable, enraged, starved,


suddenly stars hang from a swing in a garden,


suddenly I see myself in the grave,


suddenly my head is a sunny haze,


suddenly I cling to the day I started out as if it wouldn't end, and every time you float up to the surface


-Nazim Hikmet