Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Für F.N.

You and I have travelled  
            to the land of Hades,
                        to the land of the dead,
                                    from which only few return—

Untergehen is such a lonely journey,
                                                       Monsieur.
Despite your heroic courage,
                                    you drowned
                                           like Ophelia.

Perhaps you tried too hard
                        all by yourself
                                    in awesome solitude,
when I allowed other hands
                        to hold mine
                                    as I was emerging
                                                from the bowels of the earth,
                                                            and yours was the warmest—
 
 
 

 
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