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Poem

Hanny Michaelis

Stretched out on your back

Stretched out on your back
with your feet in the present
and your head connected to
some irretrievably distant
past it is no wonder
the tension threatens to break you
every night.
But that you find the strength
every morning afresh
to lift yourself up and get out of bed
leaves me awe-struck.

Ruggelings uitgestrekt

Ruggelings uitgestrekt
met je voeten in het heden
en je hoofd gekoppeld aan
een onachterhaalbaar ver
verleden is het geen wonder
dat je iedere nacht
van spanning dreigt te breken.
Maar dat je elke dag opnieuw
de kracht vindt om overeind
en uit je bed te komen
vervult me met ontzag.
Close

Stretched out on your back

Stretched out on your back
with your feet in the present
and your head connected to
some irretrievably distant
past it is no wonder
the tension threatens to break you
every night.
But that you find the strength
every morning afresh
to lift yourself up and get out of bed
leaves me awe-struck.

Stretched out on your back

Stretched out on your back
with your feet in the present
and your head connected to
some irretrievably distant
past it is no wonder
the tension threatens to break you
every night.
But that you find the strength
every morning afresh
to lift yourself up and get out of bed
leaves me awe-struck.
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