Waken
How far from birth to death
is in the length of our breath

How far from confusion to consonance
When comes a sudden chance

How far from love to hate
You can't anticipate

How far from then or now
When laughter spreads somehow

How far from you and me
Forgiveness only

How far from heart to heart
The sky to the earth

When party is over

When old love is buried

When the memory is covered by the dusk

When everything is regretfully the empty

It is uncertain waking up

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Waken
How far from birth to death
is in the length of our breath
How far from confusion to consonance
When comes a sudden chance
How far from love to hate
You can't anticipate
How far from then or now
When laugher spreads somehow
How far from you and me
Forgiveness only
How far from heart to heart
The sky to the earth

Snowdrops

by Louise Gluck

Do you know what I was, how I lived? You know
What despair is; then
Winter should have meaning for you.

I did not expect to survive,
Earth suppressing me. I didn’t expect
To waken again, to feel
In damp earth my body
Able to respond again, remembering
After so long how to open again
In the cold light
Of earliest spring

Afraid, yes, but among you again
Crying yes risk joy

In the raw wind of the new world.