I Cannot Love What You Are by Patrizia Cavalli
Translated by Gini Alhadeff
I cannot love what you are, no,
what you are is indeed a mistake.
But there is in you a grace that surpasses
what you obstinately are.
Something that’s yours and doesn’t belong to you,
in you from the start but separate from you,
that draws towards you cautiously, afraid
of its own uncontainable splendor. Art by Marianne Gretteberg Engedal
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