«So what if I'd gone through it all? / It's been a while. I don't recall. / I can't recall dates any more, / nor the locations of attacks. (I am one atom of that war, / a nameless private. I came back. / I am one shot's mistaken trace, / I'm bloody ice of January. / I am imprisoned ...»
«And all that's needed is to look, that's all it takes: / To look indeed, and be a little more attentive, / And you will stay, becoming instantly a captive / Of these two eyes, their unanticipated depth. / And all that's needed is to read, that's all it takes: / To read indeed, and over eve...»
«Taken cruelly from me, snatched out, / Crying desperately for me nightly, / Childlike shoulders in a plain black gown, — / Best of treasures, unreturned by the Almighty, I implore you by the past, the present — / Do not follow me with deer-like eyes, please, / Sleep in peace, don’...»
«Everybody chooses for himself: / His belief, his woman and his road, / To serve the devil or to serve the prophet. / Everybody chooses for himself. We pick the things that only fit ourselves: / The words of love and prayers which we whisper, / Dueling blades to fight and swords t...»