[Laika]: 661.Contest Entries.Concerti.May 07 - Anton

First movement - The invisible man

in his dreams he's a shadow in the moonlight, barely visible
he'd rather not be at all, so gray
that the black and the white would erase each other
all light sucked in and reflected out equally
and he'd be invisible, nobody would sit on his chair

his house is a world under water
when it fills his lungs he's relieved
                                                   lighter


Second movement - Storm children

her lips tickle on his temple
      this draught has traveled a long way
      it will not stop here

she rocks him gently in her arms and tells him
a navajo woman said in a dream: your spirit is the wind
don't fear, child

his spirit must be land -
he feels how the river rises
water comes and covers


Third movement - Anton and Lily

in the dark he forgets to move
the sheets are unfamiliar, smoother
when next to him lies a drowsy flower
                        beautiful, beautiful, and the smell
                        he could die, if only -
                        or maybe he died already, yes
                        these kinds of things don't happen on his lifetime
- and suddenly falls asleep
he dreams of dragonflies, orthodox churches
lightning strikes on the beach cliffs

next to him purrs a drowsy lily
nails stroke his wrist bone
like a cat sinks its teeth in the neck of a mouse
he hears in his dream how it cracks