Halina Birenbaum
Sounds
of a
guilty
silence
on the way back to Israel
a Polish summer day
cloudy cool
last glance at the Saski Garden
I feel sad
difficult to part with Warsaw
with people, street names
the sky the air
in the sity where I was born
where I am visiting after forty years
I feel like crying
although I wish for myself
to leave a space for good tears
- what an enormous baggage
I am carrying in my soul
for my trip home!
June 22, 1986