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“(Sorrow in the Heart of an Apple) I clean up my old sorrow Wrapped it in a clean and scented piece of cloth Buried it under an apple tree in our apple orchard in the village. Seasons passed… It seemed to me that everything was over When the harvest season came again. I forgot that I had wanted to forget about my sorrow I forgot where I had buried it, too. I picked an attractive red apple That looked glorious and delicious. From the first bite, I immediately recognized The taste of that same age-old sorrow. I realized then that my buried sorrow Had multiplied. And here I am Face to face with it again: Here I am finding it In the heart of every single apple!” — Louis Yako
(Sorrow in the Heart of an Apple)
I clean up my old sorrow
Wrapped it in a clean and scented piece of cloth
Buried it under an apple tree
in our apple orchard in the village.
Seasons passed…
It seemed to me that everything was over
When the harvest season came again.
I forgot that I had wanted to forget about my sorrow
I forgot where I had buried it, too.
I picked an attractive red apple
That looked glorious and delicious.
From the first bite,
I immediately recognized
The taste of that same age-old sorrow.
I realized then that my buried sorrow
Had multiplied.
And here I am
Face to face with it again:
Here I am finding it
In the heart of every single apple!