Poem
Thomas Möhlmann
We Breathe
What saves and consumes us is our beliefwith a passion we love the orderliness
of our fears and desires, convincingly
I hook my awkward arm around your shoulder
we hold each other tight, I promise to keep
breathing in and out, and never to forget
you as long as I draw breath, not letting
you ever get lost, look around and look well
at me, it’s what we believe, it is what I always
wanted to say to you asleep or walking next to me
I am hungry and homesick, tonight thank god
we’ll lie side by side again, eating and keeping each other.
We ademen
We ademen
Wat ons redt en verslindt is dat we gelovenwe houden zielsveel van de overzichtelijkheid
van onze angsten en verlangens, ik hang mijn
armen overtuigend verdwaald om je schouders
we houden elkaar stevig vast, ik beloof je
in en uit te blijven ademen, en je zolang
ik adem niet te vergeten, je niet verdwaald
te laten raken, kijk om je heen en kijk goed
naar mij, het is wat we geloven, het is wat ik
als je sliep of naast me liep steeds wilde zeggen
ik heb honger en heimwee, we liggen vanavond
goddank weer zij aan zij, eten en bewaren elkaar.
From: Ik was een hond
Publisher: Prometheus, Amsterdam
Publisher: Prometheus, Amsterdam
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We Breathe
What saves and consumes us is our beliefwith a passion we love the orderliness
of our fears and desires, convincingly
I hook my awkward arm around your shoulder
we hold each other tight, I promise to keep
breathing in and out, and never to forget
you as long as I draw breath, not letting
you ever get lost, look around and look well
at me, it’s what we believe, it is what I always
wanted to say to you asleep or walking next to me
I am hungry and homesick, tonight thank god
we’ll lie side by side again, eating and keeping each other.
From: Ik was een hond
We Breathe
What saves and consumes us is our beliefwith a passion we love the orderliness
of our fears and desires, convincingly
I hook my awkward arm around your shoulder
we hold each other tight, I promise to keep
breathing in and out, and never to forget
you as long as I draw breath, not letting
you ever get lost, look around and look well
at me, it’s what we believe, it is what I always
wanted to say to you asleep or walking next to me
I am hungry and homesick, tonight thank god
we’ll lie side by side again, eating and keeping each other.
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