Far Within Us #3

Portrait of Vasko Popa
Vasko Popa 1922–1991

Unquiet you walk Along the rims of my eyes

On the invisible grating Before your lips My naked words shiver

We steal moments From the unheeding iron saws

Your hands sadly Flow into mine The air is impassable

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