The Lost Dream

by Tatjana Debeljacki


 

We could have done better

If we had believed in the stories about happiness.

We are loosing strength for the new challenges.

The right on free vote is often lacking.

We considered you an ole

Tired dog, dying slowly

Unable to do change anything

To enlive by the power

Of thoughts, crying eyes.

We should have grasped the depths of the night,

Should have heard the rhymes by Boudelaire and Prevert

In the echoes of your voice of warmth.

When visiting exibitions of paintings,

We would admire shadows.

Paris now looks different.

Your silhouette glitters in every light.

 

to Autumn Leaves, an online poetry journal
volume 10(6)
This poem is copyright © 2006, Tatjana Debeljacki, all rights reserved.
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