You know, just

You remember the first day
Water always pours cold from his head
You don't even want to look back
To avoid finding out who stabbed the knife
Are you too Brutus? Not to say,
You know…

You don't go up to the trees anymore, lest the branches break
Do not eat yoghurt without blowing on it in case your tongue burns
Snow falls on Palandöken because I trusted him.
You know…

One day you are on the backs, you are the leader, you are in front
They all come after you
To a place you don't want to go to, to a place you don't want to take them with
They carry tears on shoulders and cheeks
They leave it in its own place, prayers with hands in the air
They all follow him
Loneliness, questions, sighs, sins, dead ends….
You know…

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