THE SKY

Wherever you go,

the sky will be with you.

Wherever you hide,

it will be your last hideaway.

Whatever happens,

the sky will be with you.

You can leave the shore and

take the sea road.

You can leave the sea and

fly high in the air –

the sky will be with you.

So out of all maps

study the map of the sky,

its breathing patters,

the movements of its diaphragm –

burning and round.

Hold the sky by its hand.

You are on its leash

made of invisible impulses.

It’s your last ceiling with

eternal light bulbs in it.

Hold the sky by its hand

and it will never leave you.

It dictates time and

splits it into day and night.

They say, there is paradise up in the sky,

but it’s not the point.

Translated from Ukrainian by Natalia Kovaliova