VERLOREN / LOST--a poem from the Dutch by Clara Eggink, read

VERLOREN / LOST--a poem from the Dutch by Clara Eggink, read

Clara Eggink (1906 - 1991)

Lost

I read a book,
I write a letter,
I go to you,
we talk.
These things are all equally dear to me;
I can just as well do without them.

Spring outside is damp and warm,
But not that wild miracle
When I wanted to leave, cool and alone;
Now I can just go without.
I thought I was born on the beach,
and that my house was in the dunes.
All that has long been lost,
Now I feed seagulls in my garden.
(tr. Cliff Crego)