FREEDOM

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I understand - motion is matter.
I don't know if I should bless
gravity,
which, takes us back to the roots.
I am in motion! I am in motion!
Very emotional. Everything
is so palpable. I can feel
the air with my face
I can feel the air
with my hands.
If I want - I could cut a piece off it.

I feel the rhythm
of my heart,
measuring the size of my steady steps,
their destination is known
only to me.
Now my heart is a compass
and all directions are mine.
I am equal to the birds,
these children of freedom,
who, every day,
cut deep through the sky
rejecting the shadows
of their mortality.

© Maxim Maximov
© Bojidara Pavlova, translated from Bulgarian
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© LiterNet Publishing House, 23.02.2021
Maxim Maximov. Bravado. Varna: LiterNet, 2021

Other publications:
Maxim Maximov. Bravado. Los Angeles: Triumvirate Publications, 1999.