Nietzsche in Sils-Maria – Nicole Bradley
Tief tief tief
the world is tief
you said so yourself
on a cool summer day
on some high grassy mountain
in Sils-Maria
where evergreen trees shot into the sky
and tried to suck up the clouds
your eyes
reflecting back the swell of the earth
green for miles and miles
no need for others
to stand on that mountain with you
to watch the slopes fold into one another
like hellebore petals like sheepskin
swaddling a child
late into the night
and shutting out the screaming
surge of the world
like hands tucked softly behind a sleeping lover’s head
like the echoes of a strain
falling in delicate layers
on the deep sleeping ground
and thus hearing the strain you spoke:
amor fati.
Nicole Bradley live in Kansas City, Missouri where she work as a K-3 Literacy Tutor and sing the many praises of their local craft beers. She has previously been published in Canvas where she received the awards in “Best Poetry” and “Best Prose.”