stranger

only the fingers dancing
on the keyboard bare
feet
in shoes

and this language, too,
is different
this world,
mother,
a stranger


this is an English version of a German poem i wrote many years ago, and rewrote now, as its sentiments still ring true

Fremde

in schuhen laufen
ist nicht bar
fuss tanzen
und diese sprache
eine andere
auch diese welt,
Mutter,
eine Fremde