ALINA ANNA KUBERSKA

ALINA ANNA KUBERSKA

To Win A Fight

for many years

I cleared

black clouds

for breakfast

a pill

washed down with hope

that it may work

now

I start the day

with a smile

I live in the moment

offered to me by God

Who Are You

if not the man

with whom I slept

maybe a dream

with the smell of lily of the valley

given on the first meeting

if you are a ghost

then why do I feel your breath

and your smell on my bedsheets

I Miss

your voice

it feels so warm around my heart

when I hear

I miss

the walks

when the sun goes with us

I miss

the evenings

when from the steaming tea

arises the aroma of love

I miss

what I have not yet touched

and I already love

TRANSLATION - PAULINA FRĄCKIEWICZ

ALINA ANNA KUBERSKA

ALINA ANNA KUBERSKA, a poet from Łódź, is the author of six volumes of verse, two novels and various stories. Her poetry forms part of several dozen collections of poems and numerous almanacs. She has presented her works not only in Poland, but also abroad. For five years she owned an international poetry website. Currently, she is the vice president of Association of Polish Authors (SAP) in Warsaw.