CONSTELLATIONS

He missed out on life.
He forgot that it passes so fast.

He said:
when I was still big
I did not reach for them.

Today I know,
that it will be easier for me to pick mushrooms
than point at the clouds with my finger.

But he also knows
that he can no longer stand up straight.
The time has passed
when he could
watch the constellations of stars.

Eliza Segiet -Translated by Artur Komoter-