this is it

this is where I start

this is where I play my part

this is when I wake up - and make things up

this is the boy

this is the man

this is the woman - I am

this is my story

these are my words, the black birds

if you never heard

this is the man

this is the animal - I am

god damn

this is my walk

through the streets, the forests

and the white desert of paper

this is my A to Z

this is you - and this is me

and what is in between

and the healing – something is about to begin

it’s a long way

this is a good day to

© AP KIVINEN

Note: I wrote this one-minute-poem during Ron Whitehead-workhop

at Writer’s House in Jyväskylä, Finland 10.-11.6.2014.

Then performed it live on stage at Reaktio-festival 12.6.2014.