Title: Breath Without a Name

Royal Club for Literature and Peace 

Title: Breath Without a Name

Kasia Dominik

Title: Breath Without a Name

They come from somewhere.

They start with small gestures,

light glances, words that weigh nothing.

I feel hope rising

that maybe this time it's something important.

I open the door,

show the farthest corners of my mind.

They enter, stay for a moment.

They tidy up or tear down,

sometimes they just leave their breath

on the windowpane and leave.

This empty space strangely matching their shadow.

I wonder: maybe it's my fault?

Quickly, easily, strongly

I believed in a warmth

that was never meant to be mine..

But I have no one left

to tell this to..

Kasia Dominik

(Poland)

documentation : Waffaa Badarneh