First Know my Darkness



You hesitate, I really understand.
I too am afraid of the obscurity.
The darkness shuts my throat with its hand.
But come along, look at my nudity,
my blackest fears, irrationality.
I will explain, what caused these to arise,
and tell you things others consider lies.
Come with me then, so you will know this side,
the one that hurts, and doesn’t please your eyes.
Only after that, tell me we’re friends alright.

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Submitted by ludy_b on November 15, 2021

Modified by ludy_b on November 19, 2021

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Ludy Bührs

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch. more…

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  • robertl.92681
    I like it, human to human understanding ,not images contrived in the desire factory of the mind.
    LikeReply 11 month ago

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