Sunday, January 3, 2010

when humans become humans?

a poem by Andrea Schwarz (*1955):

Often god
very quietly becomes
human

the angles do not sing
the kings just pass
the shepherds stay
with their herds

Often god
very quietly becomes
human

Not noticed
by the public
Not recognized
by humans

in a small 2-room apartment
in a home for asylum seekers
in a hospital room
in nocturnal despair
in the hour of loneliness
in the pleasure in the lover

Often god
very quietly becomes
human

when humans
become
humans