“Under the cherry blossoms
Kobayashi Issa – – translation: Zoria P. K.
strangers are not
really strangers”
Music from beautiful Alicia Keys – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfiEFQIb8TA
Oh,
I would be able
To define
Your beauty
But to go
To the depth of
The phenomenon
Of its power
To analyse,
To get it solved
The mystery
Of your secret.
Why
Of hundreds
Pretty girls
I’ve seen this morning
You’ve got
My entire attention
Sparked that
Divine flame of a poet
In my eyes
What makes you
“The Muse”
I would like
To muse about
That fascination
And amuse you
With that
Sort of divagation
...
But we only have
2 short hours
Of going in the same
Direction
Then we will part
For further journeys
Each for each of us
In any of any possible
Directions
And the chances
Of meeting again
Those so-called odds
Are almost oddly
Smaller than nought
Minimal
Miniscule
Missing any value
Misleading
Any hope
Like chances
Of winning lotto
Illussory
Ill-conceived
And ill-placed
Still, I want to know
Why I would be
Able to
Sacrifice any of
My life’s plans
Commitments
Or duties
In order to look
Into your eyes again
Sometime
In the future
Mystery indeed
But fortunately
You look down
And hide your gaze
What a stroke of luck
That is.
Is it in you
Or is it me
The source
Of this longing
That insane
Irresponsible
Still irresistible
Infatuation
The desire
To stare
And ponder
On your blond hair
Your slim hands
And to admire
That perfect composition
Of your entire
Physique
Is it not
Mystique
Probably both
Me and you
No contradiction
No paradox
No eternal flame
Is burning
Just a fixation
Of an aging man
With blossoming
Youth
Of yours
So bursting
And so intense
And so self-assured
That it doesn’t need
Any make up
And any false
Addition
To aid
It’s natural
Perfection
No secret at all
For a girl “spotted” on a Flix train from Berlin to Aachen (via Cologne) on 7th July 2024
