the sky is grey
all of the time
and i have lost
the cosmos.
now i am
losing my mind.
silk scarf
hanging out
of the wardrobe
gets stuffed back
head over heels into
the crowded drawer
and jammed.
in the twilight
single socks pile up.
hopeless to find
pairs later. how
shall this chaos
ever settle again?
what is life
about, now that my
will has left me
and the days
taste of watery
lukewarm juice?
i have forgotten
that the year contains
three hundred
sixty five days.
with trouble
i cope with the
twenty four
hours of the day
falling through each other,
everything i do
stumbles as well.
when i do nothing
i can hear
the animals and plants.
they keep murmuring reality.
i do not understand.
everything is mysterious
and completely
meaningless,
as if the mystery
was for someone else.
but there is no one.
no failure and no brilliance.
the sky stays grey today.
hopeless to try
opening the drawer
from within.
poem from the book ‘startling twist’