Between tracks and lead
By the trains of life
Where geese are cackling

This is no invention
Welcome to the trauma of kindness
It became bearable

Between signposts and tracks
By the cackling geese
In the heart of Europe

No blessing
No curse
Just another page

A locomotive rushes past
On the wings of this moment
The wind breathes out love

Between trauma and healing
Yesterday the wound was bleeding
At the celebration of a child

At life’s track
Where geese are cackling
Here the wind breathes out love

Sleeping in wonders
Shoulders of time
Claw of a bear
Fata Morganas

From a lullaby
Night melody
No board before the mouth
Blessing of money; fortune teller

Softer than shadows
Branches of fingers
Tongue in the ear
We don’t fight anymore

We do not fight
Boards turned to dust
Dust into stars
Glitter glitter

Fata Morganas waver
In the wind
Glittering stardust
Glitter glitter

Touches
Wind
Softness
Scent
Life
Courage
Shore
Night

Touches
Wat­er
Sand
Ache
Caves
Union
Shadows
Lights

Touches
Awakening
Gone
N­ow

The machine stands still
Gooseflesh passes by
Geese in shimmering silken clothing
Waddling across the red lights

Indifference
Feelings concealed
Beneath the suits
When did it begin?

Dried-up waters
Drops once were tender
Turned into pits
Busy geese cackle there

Foreheads creased
Thinking
Scheming
Holding power

Pale gleam
Decay
Phantoms
Downfall

Until the fog rolls in
The storm arrives
The storm brings death
Death creates life

The machine comes alive
Goose-time passes by
In suits the babies wriggle, flailing
Crying beneath the yellow starlight

For eyes of iron
Hearts of ice
Fingers of lead
Children in the trash

For kindness
Goodwill
Goodness
Love

For bullet holes
Burglars
Taggers
Brawlers

For the courageous
The peacemakers
The volunteers
The helpful

A rainbow in the sky
Beneath it live people
Like you and me
So alike — or not?

Because I suffocated with fear
In fear
Fear eats the soul
What is the soul?

It is no narrow space
The soul is a sea
Cold and warm at once
Silent and raging

Fear is red
In the crowded subway
Sweat-face
Blood-grimace

**** be fear
Because I suffocated with it
Forever:
**** fear!

One day a dog appeared
Deaf and blue-eyed
Albino from the steppe
One day he came

Fearfully I looked at him
He licked my hand
With a gentle gaze
Gentle, good

Albino from the steppe
My hand had grown warm
The narrowness gone
I breathed in deep

I breathed in deep

I want to be close to you
Beside you in sleep
While we dream
Without distinctions
On black-and-white streets
Amid glowing trees
Past our childhoods
Dancing and always watchful
For the embarrassment is vast
The shame enormous
The fear gigantic

Who wants to be rejected?
Who would ever answer yes?

Through our dreams roam lions
Lions with hearts of love
They know no fear
Love knows no fear
Love lives fearlessly

That’s why we stay
Here, where all the lions are
Where all the love is

Green are our paths
Surrounded by stars
Always for the moment
In the wink of the good