He is calm,
And I am too.
He drinks lemon tea,
And I drink coffee.
(this is the only thing different about us)
He, like me, wears a loose striped shirt,
And I stare, like him, in a monthly magazine.
He does not see me as I eye him discreetly;
I do not see him as he eyes me discreetly.
He is calm,
And I am too.
He asks the waiter for something;
I ask the waiter for something.
A black cat passes between us,
And I touch its night of fur;
He touches its night of fur.
I do not tell him: The sky is clear today,
More blue;
He does not tell me: the sky is clear today.
He is the seen and the one who sees;
I am the seen and the one ho sees.
I move my left leg;
He moves his right leg.
I hum the melody of a song;
He hums the melody of a song.
I wonder: Is he the mirror wherein I see myself?
Then I look towards his eyes, and I do not see him.
I leave the coffee shop in a hurry,
I think: Maybe he is a killer,
Or maybe he is only a man passing through
And though I am a killer.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- To Leonide Massine in ‘Cleopatra’ by Siegfried Sassoon
- Robert Burns: Charlie, He’s My Darling:
- A Do’set Sale by William Barnes
- Ольга Ермолаева – Ты где летал, мой падающий с Фанских гор
- Robert Burns: Epitaph For Mr. W. Cruikshank:
- Homing by Satish Verma
- Untitled VII by Yunus Emre
- Stanzas Written In My Pocket Copy Of Thomson’s “Castle Of Indolence” by William Wordsworth
- Владимир Костров – Отшумели сады, отзвенела вода
- The Illinois Village by Vachel Lindsay
- The Roussalka poem – Alexander Pushkin
- Star of My Heart by Vachel Lindsay
- Daryl, My Son by Ronald G. Auguste
- The Deserted Garden
- Let me Count the Poets Left by Michael K. Shiu
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).
