Ragaszkodás

                                                                             Édesapám halálára

                                                          A fa is

                                                          elment,

                                                          őt is

                                                          magával

                                                          vitte

                                                         két napra rá

                                                         hogy

                                                         szemhéja

                                                         lezárult.

                                                         Másnak

                                                         teremni

                                                         nem akart,

                                                         s a gyökerétől

                                                         önmagába

                                                         sárgult.

                                                         Édesapám

                                                         Arcán

                                                         az árnyék

                                                         elbóbiskolt

                                                         - csak suttogása

                                                         riogat:

                                                         dorgál vagy

                                                         éppen

                                                         simogat-

                                                         a reves

                                                         hamvas

                                                         képkeretben

                                                         kettétörik

                                                         a pillanat.

                                                         Öreg

                                                         Már parlagon barangol.

                                                         Lelkében búzaérés,

                                                         kétharmad nyári áldás

                                                         egy cseppnyi visszatérés-

                                                         virágot venne készen,

                                                         csokorba kötné álmát,

                                                         s a visszajáró pénzen

                                                         az idő biztatását...

                                                         Édesapámról

                                                          Ereget

                                                          füstöt

                                                          bodorít

                                                          száraz

                                                          korokból

                                                          nyúlszív

                                                          éjszakát

                                                          nyakon csíp

                                                          néhány

                                                          kerti törpét

                                                          s hátra

                                                          simítja

                                                          ősz haját.

                                                          Anyám halálára

                                                          Nekem is volt karácsonyom,

                                                          fekete gyöngy karácsonyfám.

                                                          Fekete gyöngy ajándékok

                                                          gyöngy fekete karácsonyfán.

                                                          Nem lázadtam hiszen a gyöngy

                                                          Édesanyám fehér arca

                                                          -gyöngy fekete koporsóban

                                                          fekete gyöngy mosoly ajka.

                                                          Nekem is volt karácsonyom,

                                                          gyöngy fekete karácsonyfám.

                                                          Ajándék az anyám arca

                                                          fekete gyöngy karácsonyfán.