Ryszard Kapuściński

I Wrote Stone

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I wrote stone
I wrote house
I wrote town

I shattered the stone
I demolished the house
I obliterated the town

the page traces the struggles
between creation
and annihilation

I did not want to see daylight
only darkness.
I shut my eyes
so not a single ray
would penetrate,
so I would not see
the emptiness everywhere,
from the unseen beginning
to the unseen end.