LILLA LATUS

LILLA LATUS

Survival by heart

with scratches

scuff marks

leaking

dripping

not broken

just too soft

to survive

to be

stronger

knowing everything

by heart

my heart

 

Suicide

I do not want to die

I just want to put darkness

over my head

and turn off bad worlds

strangle my own shadow

maybe just sorry

about blueberries

once picked with you

in forest

coffee made

for two cups

and two keys

for one door

do not blame me for

what will not be able

to go away with me

for the blueberries

for the coffee

and do not throw away

what still opens

anything

do not think

I want to die

I just cannot

live any longer

 

Hope

tiny and fragile

like a soldier’s

dog tag

or an old

black and white

photograph

enduring and hard

like your family house

walls

never ready to die

surviving on demand

LILLA LATUS

LILLA LATUS (Poland)-poetess, translator, author of reviews, song lyrics, articles about travelling. Many times awarded both for her poetry and engagement in cultural activity for local community. Published nine books of poems Her poetry has been published in many magazines and anthologies (USA, Australia, India, The Czech Republic, Italy, etc).