We Are All Worthy of a Pedestal

We are all worthy of a pedestal

And all to life we should be true

For our soul to grow richer

We must work harder for our due

The testament was made to sow

Boil blood in veins, bind in heat

Of future that we cannot know

It tells us what it can of it

After all tulips sprout from seed

All life force reaching for the light

And suddenly one day, unknowing

They shoot upward with pistol’s might

Our life it never stops or tires

Of changing its own step and form

When the end comes, a dream of pyres

In mother’s embrace we’re reborn

And I can say it doesn’t suit me

To chase cheap thrills til Ioss of sight

Deserve a pedestal are they

Who tirelessly walk towards the light

Ivan Bagaev

Translated by Andrew Hollis

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