On The Seashore Poem by Dorota Szumilas

we should stay together
together we set off for this long journey...

I trust you can be called
true companions
who will wait
until moments of weakness come

who will come forward with a kind word
slow down their pace
will notice the beauty of pine trees
against the blue sky

will stand in awe at the sight
of a deer hasten by
will look in wonder at a boar
will pause...

as you stroll by the sea
you will salute the beauty of the sun
reflected on the surface of the water

the waves break gently against the shore
they caress your tired feet
invigorating them for the journey
you have to keep going...

my companions yards ahead of me
it's hail instead of rain
or rain instead of sunny
weather

alas...
the distance between us will keep
growing!

I have to pause and try
to marvel at life

even if at the moment
it's sad and gloomy

(transl. by Urszula Sledziewska)