FEAR

(translated by Karin Pečnikar)

I am afraid of everything big:

cliffs and bulldogs,

storms and skyscrapers.

I am afraid of the scorching sun –

it evaporates the blood.

I am afraid of everything grand.

Even great love.

It can change you, if it’s omnipotent.

And death?

Death is small.

A prick with the needle,

a shallow exhale,

A dying sigh –

and an unexpected kindness…

Death, so minute –

can save me

from all overpowering fears.