Igor Balatsky

I found myself in a lemon tree
it grew so high in Lemonland
birds below
and birds above me
...

When I grow old
becoming southern
wind
...

Cats are the happy creatures.
They care about nothing!
(Henry Walter Bates)
...

When I was a boy of seven,
I used to climb apple-trees.

When I was a lad of fifteen,
...

That's strange enough

when looking at the mirror
you see a stranger -
...

If only
I became a wind
a rain or just a cloud
...

it's a such a long way –
other end of the earth
separation's inevitable
the distance is insuperable
...

The longer way
the harder coming back.
You've gone too far
and do you know the reason
...

Each time I hear the sound of a falling leaf
from the old chestnut-tree
in my backyard
I think neither of
...

the way of grass
is so delightful

we step the melting stars
...

...

'Are you life?
Are you death? '

'I am both.
...

you'll find no words
in the empty message I sent you
but you will know
i'm still alive and dying slowly
...

the finest things
are always silent:
butterfly's wings
song of the sunset
...

a tiny firefly

can bring more
light
...

The woman of autumn is
Sweetness of apple with honey
And bitter of white chrysanthemum
...

the one is laughing
clapping with her palms

another's crying
...

one heart
plus
one heart
is
...

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Remember
When you [we] were young?
...

bright summer
was moving on
and on
...