It is simple: right

is the side of the hand with --


the thumb on the left.

Eyes that are swimming

behind very thick glasses:


fish under the ice.

As if sweet Eve ate

the apple and handed over --


the core to Adam?

Peace, in a bed
in Amsterdam, kneeling
or with clenched fists

eternally awaited, preserved
in hearts and thoughts
about people who behave
differently than you wish
people who have to take care

of their well-being and can
only dream their visions
cannot realise these even
with combined efforts
The world is too big for that

Close by you can smell the wind
and go along with the seasons
Close by you can, within
the limits of your needs
safely open up to another

They are free, the birds

upon the gown of the state --


free to fly around.

The beams of light are

extinguished by the dense rain --


and there's no hissing.

I lie wide awake,

listening attentively --


to no sounds at all.