The Spring - Who Dies in Siberian Slush

The spring arrived

Which brought the river’s swell

Flooding the margin in taiga

Where we dwelled

The versed surveying crew

Of three

Were caught off guard

While being asleep

The frist of us

Was buried asleep

Under the rocks

And rooted trees

I dragged out my second friend

While he was alive

A huge trunk had crushed his spine…

He died in my arms

Eternal wanderings in the taiga

Countless nights and days

I fed on roots, pests fed on me

But I seeked the way

Then cold arrived

With a new winter’s breath

The brave blood slows inside my veins

I feel the near unrelenting Death…