PRETENDING TO SLEEP by Irma Kurti

 

Image | Evgeniya Litovchenko

PRETENDING TO SLEEP

 

I have closed my eyes,

pretending to sleep;  

afraid to move,

I cannot even breathe.

  

So cold under the sheets,

I want to leave this bed;

I want to lie in a green park,

where I don’t have to fake.

 

I want to rest in a meadow

that leaks tranquility; 

in a place without you,

immersed in joy and peace.

  

I’m pretending to sleep…

© Irma Kurti

Irma Kurti

Irma Kurti is an Albanian poet, writer, lyricist, journalist, and translator. She is a naturalized Italian and lives in Bergamo, Italy. She has published more than 100 works, including poetry, fiction and translations and has written approximately 200 song lyrics. Her books have been translated and published in 18 countries.

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