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OpenWorldView Apr 2019
It’s time to explore.
And leave footprints in the mud.
Don’t squander this life.
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Your sinful mouth is my tomb,
intoxicating its sweet bloom,
for all my virtues are put to sleep.
I drink uncontrollably from its well
and sink freely into its depths,
gazing blissfully into hell.

My hot flesh glows in his breath,
I tremble, like a spring rosebush
kissed by warm May rain.
- I follow you into the wild land of sin
and pick fire lilies by the roads,
- even if I can’t find home again…
From my favorite German poet:
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Sinnenrausch

Dein sünd'ger Mund ist meine Totengruft,
betäubend ist sein süßer Atemduft,
Denn meine Tugenden entschliefen.
Ich trinke sinnberauscht aus seiner Quelle
und sinke willenlos in ihre Tiefen,
verklärten Blickes in die Hölle.

Mein heißer Leib erglüht in seinem Hauch,
er zittert, wie ein junger Rosenstrauch,
geküsst vom warmen Maienregen.
- Ich folge dir ins wilde Land der Sünde
und pflücke Feuerlilien auf den Wegen,
- wenn ich die Heimat auch nicht wiederfinde...

I found one translation https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/1679708, but wanted to try it myself. Work in progress.
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
You can't save the world,
but those closest to your heart
and yourself with it.
Take care of those close to you.
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Believing this love
is pool of eternal bliss.
Cold heartless teacher.
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
passion, pain and lust
elevate the works of art.
beautiful darkness.
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
I searched in vain
for your eyes
in this world of
flickering shadows.

I listened without success
for your wing beats
that carry you
through the night sky.

You, who seduces
with magic white
and steals the starlight
to make it her own.

Good and evil
built you temples,
which death climbs,
to collect our souls.

Oh, bright moon,
daughter of lost myths.
Shine on the ocean of tears
which drowns the world.
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