SORROW
The Sun,
with broken bones,
and shot through,
fell into
a black headcloth...
Then the night fell too.
The endless night
of one mother's sorrow.
A black kerchief is the symbol of the
passing away to a loved one.
© 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.