# And you have to stay in this town

Ольга Слободкина

And you have to stay in this town

where you were born,

went to school,

fell in love,

separated,

broke your heart...


Got married,

got divorced,

burried your grandparents,

your father...


Changed jobs,

changed your mind,

lost illusions,

lost friends,

got mad,

calmed down...


Was blessed with faith,

repented your sins,

learnt a lot,

regreted a lot,

were happy,

suffered a lot,

endured a lot,

forgave a lot...


You have to walk the same streets

(with the same memory,

with a different mind)

where things have changed,

epochs changed...


Where your hair turned grey,

where you wanted to prove your worth to the world

to then decide to keep it to yourself,

to surrender to God...


Where you piled layers upon layers

of passions and criss-crossing thoughts

to then alienate from them by one eucharist...


Where...


Yes,

you have to stay in this town

maybe till the end

to leave the world

in the same place

where you came into the world...


Feb.3, 1998