Saturday, January 18, 2014

Bertolt Brecht: "Everything Changes"


Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.

What has happened has happened. The water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again, but
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.




"Sometimes" by Bertolt Brecht, from Poetry and Prose. © Continuum, 2003.

Image credit: "Warli Painting about Life Cycle," clay on cotton fabric, by unknown artist, found at this link (originally color).


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