Poem For Wednesday- Tomas Tranströmer

Inside the huge romanesque church the tourists jostled in the
half darkness.
Vault gaped behind vault, no complete view.
A few candle-flames flickered.
An angel with no face embraced me
and whispered through my whole body:
“Don’t be ashamed of being human, be proud!
Inside you vault opens behind vault endlessly.
You will never be complete, that’s how it’s meant to be.”
Blind with tears
I was pushed out on the sun-seething piazza
together with Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Mr. Tanaka and Signora Sabatini
and inside them all vault opened behind vault endlessly.

-Tomas Tranströmer (Swedish poet)

 

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Thanks to my sweet customer Marie for sharing this wonderful poem with me.