Compulsory

they have exiled me

in a city with glass pavements

from my yesterday remains

only expired oxygen

I’m breathing rarely from the depths

like a diver

only through a mask

anyway no one recognize me

neither do I

 

people carry one sun ball

instead of their heart

they walk on tiptoes

unwinding little by little

entangled threads behind them 

forgotten words in the Tower of Babel

feelings in a big kneader

 

I’m stepping from knot to knot

with naked soles softening

crumpled by too much heat

like newborn wrinkles

 

I started to talk in my mind

learning the deaf alphabet

my shadow abjured me

she stays hung without tongue

on the Pole Star

 

not even she can remain here

still and nailed