Title: Undead Among the Living

Royal Club for Literature and Peace 

Title: Undead Among the Living

Kasia Dominik

Title: Undead Among the Living

He who persists in the memory of the living,

in glances that linger in a photograph,

in traces that have not faded in time, does not die.

He remains in the breath of loved ones,

in words that echo

in the empty spaces of the heart.

He does not disappear in the touch of objects

he once carried,

in places he made significant.

For a moment, you can hear him –

a whisper, a fragment of thought,

a shadow on the edge of memories,

laughter echoing in the distance.

Constantly present,

though in an elusive dimension,

flies like the wind through autumn leaves –

surrounding us with an invisible presence.

Memory is a bridge. We walk across it

remembering those

who have already crossed it.

Kasia Dominik

(Poland)

documentation: Waffaa Badarneh