THAT INSTANT

A few words, you told yourself,
just a few—and created
a story whose present
is yesterday by now, just as tomorrow
will be past for another story
left behind,
lost forever...

One word, you told yourself,
just one— and you are on your way
the unknown,
that unexpected step, free
to think of who you are and are not,
of that instant in which you can become
and be you.

Elena Liliana Popescu -Rumanía- English version: Adrian G. Sahlean