and then die
Let me walk through silence
and leave nothing behind not even fear
Make the world continue
let the ocean kiss the sand just as before
Let the grass stay green
so that frogs can hide in it
so that someone can bury his face in it
and sob out his love
Make the day rise brightly
as if there were no more pain
And let my poem stand clear as a windowpane
bumped by a bumblebee's head
-- Anna Kamienska (1920-1986), Polish poet, translator, children's book author, and convert to Roman Catholicism; translated from Polish by Thomas P. Krzeszowski & Desmond Graham
Let me walk through silence
and leave nothing behind not even fear
Make the world continue
let the ocean kiss the sand just as before
Let the grass stay green
so that frogs can hide in it
so that someone can bury his face in it
and sob out his love
Make the day rise brightly
as if there were no more pain
And let my poem stand clear as a windowpane
bumped by a bumblebee's head
-- Anna Kamienska (1920-1986), Polish poet, translator, children's book author, and convert to Roman Catholicism; translated from Polish by Thomas P. Krzeszowski & Desmond Graham
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