Under the surface

Winter

Under the surface

Earlier I wanted to dive beneath the folds of the pavement

and search for what was essential under the surfaces,

much more I wanted to forget myself and the moment,

mostly in the rain, mostly before exams, mostly in separations,

often on the bicycle and always at night on foot –

then it pulled me so deeply inward and downward…

into nothingness, toward nothingness,

toward the longed-for emptiness of thought!

Yet my thoughts were acrobats

dancing around black holes.

I looked up to the firmament,

it clicked and shimmered,

it hurt me, that rare glance at the moon

behind my neck.

No life for you, for your money in happiness!

I look back and walk ahead:

To live – that is my drive!

To love – that is my joy!

To be with you, my darling!

Today I look to the sky and to the horizon.

Today I walk and let everything pass quietly

They will not get us, no feelings for times end,

we are coming home here silently

At a place where we are not for others,

at a place without dark streets and lonely nights,

without the question of what bothers

without any doubt in sight

We are I and You, we are our New.

Earlier I wanted to dive beneath the folds of the pavement

and search for what was essential under the surfaces,

much more I wanted to forget myself and the moment,

mostly in the rain, mostly before exams, mostly in separations,

often on the bicycle and always at night on foot –

But now I walk upright and look straight ahead…

with YOU and ME – perhaps I’ve never said:

The world is deep, and love lies ahead.

21th November - T. G. Weinreich

21. November 2025 - T. G. Weinreich