Songs for Ashes

To M who talks to birds and butterflies To friendship that guides beyond abyss of the Outside. [ are so light disappear in light never die are never born are light nothing other than light are so light disappear in light die always are born always are light ] The Angelgreen Sacrament by Eva Kristina Olsson Translated by Johannes Göransson My wounded flowers My tortured flowers My drowned flowers You will never be forgotten Whirling in the murk The abyss of the Outside Spreads its vicious whispers Like purulent splinters Whirling in the murk I see the light And it’s angelgreen Pronounced as link Pronounced as change The winds are shivering The butterfly’s wings Charred by ice Frosted by blaze Never afraid The wings are fluttering The butterfly’s wings Longing for salvation On the palm of your hand Never afraid