adulthood

someone will say
go
slowly
steadily
choose the widest path
thoroughly beaten
 
prepare yourself well
take comfortable shoes
and something in case of rain
 
remember
don’t talk with
strangers
 
don’t lose track of your track
 
smelling the dew
at sunrise
going barefoot through the grass
observing the butterfly
concealed in your hand –
but what for
 
for nothing
because everything doesn’t have to
have its aim
 
or maybe only time can give
meaning to it
 
that’s why
I want to
lacerate my feet
while jumping from rock to rock
on the empty beach
 
for such adulthood I long
undetermined
unobvious
 
simply mine
 
 
Translated into English by Laura Saks.