I stood on the balcony. I went out at night for a gulp
of air. For the scent of the roses hugging each other
bouquets for sleeping. After the meow
my wild cats for bedtime. AND
I saw how in the light of the lanterns,
the bush breathed thirsty with its green lungs.
Leokadia Komaiszko is a poet, writer, journalist, artist-photographer, editor-in-chief and creator of the magazine Letters from Far. She is a Lithuanian writer with Polish roots, an author of poetry books in Polish and French and of reportage books about the fate of Poles outside Poland. She is the co-founder of the Polish Culture Salon in Chênée, Belgium. She has been living in Belgium for many years.