Igor Mit

Golden cloud spent a night…

Golden cloud spent a night

On the chest of silent giant.

When the morning brought light

It woke up and broke out.

 

Playing joyfully in blue

It forgot its cozy lodging,

It desired something new

In the new horizon’s searching.

 

Poor cliff remained alone

In the desert, lost in thoughts.

Being made of solid stone

It was always on these roads.

 

Golden cloud left a trail

In the cliff’s enormous wrinkle.

Sadness like a viewless veil

Raised inside its static ankle.

 

(inspired by a poem of Mikhail Lermontov)