HAVE NOT

 

Don’t you know

I have no name,

I have no wealth,

I have no one?

I have this past,

Haunting me,

Crushing me.

And I need someone

To depend upon,

To wait for,

To love wildly.

 

I have this piece

Of sacred bread

In the hands of

A holy man.

And my days are

Longer.

My pains are stronger.

I wait for someone

Who will never

Arrive.

He’ll never arrive.

 

And here she comes:

The temptation

That overcomes me.

I won’t get too far

Dressed in this old shirt

I bought in Brussels

Three years ago.

They’ll look at me

And think I’m a savage.

I’m overcome by this

Obscure thought.

 

I have nothing to celebrate.

I’m getting older.

I’m far from

Accomplishing anything.

I entertain impossible dreams.

But I don’t want

To talk about it.

I don’t want to talk

About anything.

At least now

You know my name.