In my dream

What meaning would the dream have

if I hadn’t woken up?

Sleep is an alibi,

the longer the sleep,

the deeper it is,

you make fewer mistakes.

In a dream, precipices become steeper,

you are falling and there’s no end to them.

The main thing is to wake up before toppling over the edge,

before toppling over the edge, there’s a road -

it’s like walking along a tightrope.

It’s frightening to look back,

it’s also scary to walk along it

and simply being on it,

and stopping too,

and the fear as also frightening.

It’s balance that keeps you safe.

Waking

Don’t wash away your dreams with water,

in any case it won’t remove them.

They remain in the spoon of your heart.

If you want to set yourself free

from such an inconstant verb

as ‘to be’,

if you must set yourself free

from such a changeable state,

as ‘being together’,

don’t wait for the time

which persuades you

that one plus one

equals two.

The number is still singular.

მთარგმნელი:Natalia Bukia-peters and Victoria Field