Do not tell me
I am the meaning of your life.
No one is able to bear the burden
of such responsibility.
The meaning of our lives
is to be lived –
and is only within ourselves.
It took me years
to stop seeking it
in somebody else. In something else.
And to start living my life.
On my own.
Without crutches.

Copyright 2006 - Jonka Hristova
Translated by Zdravka Vladova-Momcheva