A Line From Rilke
A line from Rilke
keeps circling in my mind -
the buildings want to climb out
of their narrow scaffolding
and want to see where the fields begin -
and I too want to climb out of myself
and want to see where the city ends.
But I am a prisoner
of the skyscrapers -
the long shadows they cast
on houses,
streets,
neighborhoods -
and forever will I
wander around here,
looking for myself,
lost,
forsaken.
Translated by Barnett Zumoff
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