Nebo

Heaven

Martin Repa

I met you yesterday.
You promised me heaven.
I was fascinated by your hands.
I laughed, saying you were a sculptor.
"Don’t you believe me?" you asked.
I wanted proof.
"Will a day be enough?"
"One as long as a lifetime?"
You touched me, and it felt pleasant.
You promised me heaven.
From clay, stone, maybe metal.
I still long for it.
I gaze at the sky.
It is so... mysterious.
You promised me heaven.
I still don’t have it.
I am angry, and today I will ask.
You look at me, surprised.
You point to our children.
"I missed you," you take me in your arms.
"Missed me?"
"Without a star, the sky isn’t so... beautiful."