We talk a lot, it can be
about everything, carefully
when it becomes intimate
and we explore how far

we dare to show ourselves
how shamelessly
curious we're allowed to be
about what is hidden

in uncertainty
longing
for the confirmation
that it is good

and we are good
as we are
as we live
in each other's attention

I breathe calmly and

open myself to you, whom --


I do not know yet.

At night I enchant

you with a kiss, then we'll both --


sing for happiness.

In my finest clothes

I radiate happiness --


because she loves me.

Who does not know
that a rose is happiness
and seeing a rose is happiness

that passes?
You are the blushing happiness
that I watch

For whomever you
open your petals
it is also for me

Happiness wells up in me
I myself unfold
through you

We kiss at the sea,

all our worries blow away --


It is spacious here!

You don't take a stand,

because it's complicated --


you say with a sigh.