Lila Teman, poem

From Lila Teman
Man
«…..Somewhere in a famothless space
I heard a cry
I turned no light on
Absolute dark
Stepping on leaves
Cries like snakes have hugged me
Lightnings came to meet images that I have never seen before
From somewhere I heard the beat of your heart
I started coming closer
Sometimes standing, sometimes crawling
The beat of your heart
Steady, incessant
Growing and growing
Rushing like the wind and I, I was upon him, without droping an eye behind
I put my hands around his waste
I hold him tight with all my heart
I bit him
And again I hold him tight in order to give himself in to me
Woman
When I saw you getting into the fathomless space
I followed you in secret
The dark was mine, all mine
And the road, the road was all yours
I stood in the middle of the desert
There, where no one has come to meet me before
There, where the craving sets up something like a tent
Only for one night
Who can really stand to carry himself in the middle of the desert
just for one night ?
I came on you like the wind
Yes I, woman, I came on you like the wind
And I struggled with you
You hold me tight and I was dying
You bit me and I was bleeding
Like a she-wolf I gashed you
I wanted to see my dreams dripping from your own body
I wanted to scream, surrended to your power
I wanted you to drag me like a hunter
I wanted you to sink in me like a boat
And no one to come and save you
But only I
The road
The dance of souls
You Pain
You, that do not have legs
But you walk all over the world
That do not have wings, but you cross the sky
That do not have a voice, but you can be heard everywhere
That do not have a face, but everyone knows you
That do not have secrets but you know all secrets
You Pain,
That you grow up in childrens’ rooms
That you get fed from the mothers’ milk
That you get dressed with the lovers’ kisses
You Pain
Bearer
Travel buddy
Lover
Teacher
So long
Hold the winds
Hold the waves
Hold Lila Teman’s eyes wide open
And your care give it as a gift
So she will put on the silence of her existence.
Translation: Effi Souli