Searching for diamonds in the sulphur
Mine, leaning on props which are rotten,
Hoping for anything, looking for a sign
That I am not forgotten.
Lost in a labyrinth of future mystery,
Tracing my steps, all mistaken,
Trusting to everything, praying it can be
That I am not forsaken.
I wait by the door, wondering
When you will come and keep me warm.
I pray for the end of the night,
Hoping the light will still the storm
Which presently betrays me;
Helpless sea-monster stranded on the
Shore, marooned in an ecstasy of waiting.
I yearn, although knowing that I shall
Dive no more
In the tide already racing
My lungs burst to cry: «Finally
How could you leave me here to die?
I freeze in the chill of this place
With no friendly face to smile goodbye —
How could you let it happen?»
How could you let it happen?
Dreams, hopes and promises, fragments
Out of time;
All of these things have been spoken;
Still you don’t understand how it feels
When I’m waiting for them to be broken.