I empty myself of the names of others. I empty my pockets.
I empty my shoes and leave them beside the road.
At night I turn back the clocks;
I open the family album and look at myself as a boy.
What good does it do? The hours have done their job.
I say my own name. I say goodbye.
The words follow each other downwind.
I love my wife but send her away.
My parents rise out of their thrones
into the milky rooms of clouds. How can I sing?
Time tells me what I am. I change and I am the same.
I empty myself of my life and my life remains.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- The Coastwise Lights by Rudyard Kipling
- The Meaning of Music by Mercedes Madrigal
- When I Go Alone At Night by Rabindranath Tagore
- The Dying Christian to His Soul poem – Alexander Pope
- Владимир Маяковский – Для Донбасса формируется поезд с подарками (РОСТА №938)
- Омар Хайям о людях: Стихи, рубаи о человеке Омара Хайяма – Poetry Monster
- On An Infant (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- Ольга Берггольц – Огонь, и воду, и медные трубы
- Sonnet LIV by William Shakespeare
- Sonnet 19 poem – John Milton poems
- Николай Заболоцкий – Обводной канал
- Владимир Британишский – Этот вечер
- Attack by Siegfried Sassoon
- Омар Хайям – Что плоть твоя, Хайям?
- Grandmother’s Teaching poem – Alfred Austin
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
