to we who have no name
who are only called by accident
and only known by accident
and only loved by accident
but still with multitudes of meaningless nicknames
for each facade of the soul
but in our hearts a child who was never named
only found dead in anonymity
who will never be remembered
and never be forgotten

to we who cannot speak
who know all words and no sentences
in the foreign languages of all countries
and build unopenable dams in our throats
leaving mountain lakes that seep in stagnation
bearing spring water that will never be drunk
and words that will never be heard

to we who cannot love
for whom all love is violence
and all love is the dethroning of a king
and all love is the downfall of an angel
and all love is shameful lechery
for whom there is no one to be loved
those who rank last place in the race
with unseeable starting lines
and goalposts drowned in fireworks

to we who cannot sing
for whom song is neighbour of the ear
and alien of the mouth
listeners of all the great stories
of worlds we will never live in
the great heros we will never be
we who do deserve neither the great rise
nor the greater fall
nor the growth of a sapling
nor the blossoming of its body and soul
for we are stillborn seeds in this desert world

to we who cannot see
for even the brightest flowers are too ugly
for we never let the light into our eyes
for we are born with bodies that our eyes reject
for we are born with eyes that our bodies reject
we the great vampirers and slumberers
who spew darkness from our jaws
and blind ourselves with our words

to we who cannot walk
but in each story and song, fly to the heavens
and in heaven eat breads of cloud and wine of light
and meet invisible gods and inaudible angels
and souls of only those we never knew
and shake intangible hands as we part
and in our sleep we return
to our island and mountain prisons

to we who cannot live
to we who are not allowed to live
to we for whom life is forbidden
to we who only see life in dreams
and then sleep to see its nightmares
and cry with silent hermit tears
and nevertheless, we fear death
and nevertheless, we stay alive