Title: Holds and never dreams of

letting go

Royal Club for Literature and Peace 

Title: Holds and never dreams of

letting go

Kasia Dominik 

Title: Holds and never dreams of letting go

I hold my breath.

With dilated pupils, I try to encompass

all the unbelievability.

My lips part slightly

in a silent question:

"Is this really happening?"

My body freezes in motion.

Caught between escape

and an attempt to understand,

I tense my muscles

—strings about to snap.

In my head, I have a madhouse

and torn thoughts, faded like old photographs.

My heart slows, speeds up—

a tearing apart of St. Thomas.

Others see a mask of surprise,

perhaps suspension, or a lack of seriousness in meaning.

They don't see the explosion within me,

only a fracture that can't be mended.

Kasia Dominik (Poland)

documentation:Waffaa Badarneh