No eliges / Elizabeth Schön

You don’t choose

You don’t choose
the abyss, chaos, nothingness
They come to you
in slow-running water
so that you won’t be surprised
by the lack of matter surrounding you
alongside the soul’s light calling
the temporary fluttering of the earth you live




{ Elizabeth Schön, Luz oval, Caracas: Editorial Equinoccio, 2006 }