Showing posts with label Southern Bushman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Southern Bushman. Show all posts

Saturday, December 29, 2018

the wind







The day we die
the wind comes down
to take away
our footprints.

The wind makes dust
to cover up
the markings we left
while walking.

For otherwise 
the thing would seem
as if we were
still living.

Therefore the wind
is he who comes
to blow away
our footprints.



~ Southern Bushmen
from A Book of Luminous Things
edited by Czeslaw Milosz 

 

Friday, October 26, 2012

the day we die








The day we die
the wind comes down
to take away
our footprints.

The wind makes dust
to cover up
the marks we left
while walking.

For otherwise 
the thing would seem
as if we were
still living.

Therefore the wind
is he who comes
to blow away
our footprints.






~ Southern Bushmen
from A Book of Luminous Things
edited by Czeslaw Milosz