Larissa Miller
For John and Sheila
The sky is worth waking up for once more,
The morning is worth it to plunge into it,
The air is worth the deepest breath.
Milk-white cherry and robin on it
Are waiting for me impatiently
To start fluttering and trilling with me.
April 2015
Long Marston, Warwickshire
Translated by Sasha Dugdale