They chained you
Made you know
Inside and out
What it is like
To be rock
They taught you
The secret hardnesses of time
The Gorgon Face
Of the clock
You made love
To the death of hope
And a little water
And a little bread
Was given
To strengthen you
Into the shrill mockery of the sea
You count the waves
As an abacus of escape
The Sun is a church bell
That will never ring
And the Jailor
Creeps
And
Beats
His way
Into your blood
But you are the twisted key
That will unlock
That will teach
All the shivered cripples
How to run
How to be free
Dan Corjescu teaches at the University of Tübingen’s “Studium Professionale” Program
