ONCE
WE WERE
(translated by
Karin Pečnikar)
Once we
were
omnipotent
and
endlessly free.
Today we
are
just
what we are.
I am going
to
places where I do not belong.
You are
staying
where
you have nothing to do.
The life
line
on
your palm and the one on mine
run
in ever separating paths.