Context by Tomas Tranströmer

"The brief moments of freedom rise out from us, swirling."

Context
by Tomas Tranströmer
translated by Patty Crane

Look at the gray tree. The sky has flowed 
through its fibers down into the ground—
just a shrunken cloud remains after 
the earth took a drink. Stolen space
is entwined with the braidwork of roots, twisting
into greenery.—The brief moments 
of freedom rise out from us, swirling
through the Fates' blood and beyond.

First published in The Blue House: Collected Works of Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Patty Crane.