Sunday, December 29, 2024

Maya


Three seasons have passed since I last traveled these gloomy roads

A new winter embraces the world in its silent yearnings

With each mile my limbs grow weaker, my breath heavier, my vision darker.

My last pilgrimage to where I left you

Deep in far mountains, too far now for my failing body to reach.

For all eternity you were with me

But now even eternity has betrayed us

Even more than death betrayed us

My heart is becoming one silence with your heart

Still and forever apart.


— John Youril