When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.

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I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

The guilt of newborns is immense.

The guilt of newborns is immense.

Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into...

Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into...

Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.

Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.

Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil...

Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil...

The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.

The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.

For whoever is lonely there is a tavern.

For whoever is lonely there is a tavern.

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my...

The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my...