Шанс на встречу. A chance to meet you

I missed greenhouses.
   I’m grown up in ice.
I asked for strength,
   got weariness instead,
forgiving foes,
   evoked pity back,
and wishing love,
   I let pain laugh at me.

My friends and family
   enjoy the Looking-Glass,
the wicked – thrones,
   the righteous – exile,
narcissus liars –
   stellar fame awards,
the faithful rose –
   the gravity of thorns.

The source of fire
   has long gone. Just look,
my wings are broken.
   I’m falling to the ground,
but day by day,
   I’m closer to You, –
I have a chance
   to meet You, what a joy…

June 22, 1999


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