SHIPS

SHIPS

A Poem by Ivan Sokac
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Love and Life

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When you fall asleep, dream of ships;

they always return…

So does my soul return on the morn

having navigated the “northern sea route”.

 

When you fall asleep, dream of ships,

because they rid you of the great anger;

with it they smash the ice, and sailing on

they leave it in the depths of the Mariana,

where the worlds of darkness touch…


When you fall asleep don’t worry where I am;

I am already making your coffee,

a refreshment from the voyage,

and you will show me the silk nightgown

that smells of cocoons, old mulberry trees

and the spirits of the eastern sun.


When you fall asleep always dream of ships.

They return…

If once they do not, don’t worry,

I will wait for you at the bottom of the ocean.

To be the nymph’s servant and carry her lantern

where the worlds of darkness touch…



© 2018 Ivan Sokac


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Added on May 4, 2018
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Ivan Sokac
Ivan Sokac

Belgrade, Serbia



About
Ivan Sokač (1975. Belgrade) is member of the Association of Serbian Writers. Prose and poetry writer, translated into several languages. By 2018, he published six books. He got won numerous award.. more..

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