Stairway to heaven - Marin Sorescu

Stairway to heaven

A spider’s thread
Hangs from the ceiling
Right above my bed.

Every day I notice
How it slides down.
A stairway to heaven
Has been sent to me–I say,

It was thrown to me from above.

Though I’ve lost much weight
And I am just a ghost of who I was
I think that my body
It’s too heavy still
For such a delicate thread.

-My soul, you go ahead.
Tippity-toe! Tippity-toe!

Translation by Marin Mihalache

Added by: marin.mihalache

Translator: Marin Mihalache
Language: English


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