Jaj, mibe,
                                                mibe hullik, mibe,
                                                az elnémult ige?!
                                                      *
                                              Ennyi,
                                                  ennyi maradt
                                                  belőlem:
                                                  kanálnyi élet…
                                                       *   
                                              Testem,
                                              a testem
                                                  gyógyíthatatlan,
                                              lelkemet,
                                              a lelkemet
                                                 gyógyítsd, Uram…
                                                       *
                                              Asztalomon
                                                  vésetes könyvek,
                                                  Proust tükröll
                                                  homályló szememre…
                                                        *
                                               Lámpám
                                                    fénykörében:
                                                    szűrt hajnallat
                                                    Szekszárd!
                                                          *
                                               Esztergomot
                                                  a szívemmel is
                                                  hallom.
                                                           *           
                                               Ahogy a hajókürt,
                                               az esti harangszó,
                                               hírt éjít le rólam,
                                               föld után az ég is,
                                               kifordul alólam!  
                                                         *
                                                Dante, Dante!
                                                   Végült
                                                      mélyedre
                                                         csaltál!
                                                          *
                                                Mért?
                                                    Mért öltöztetnek engem?
                                                    Hova költöztetnek engem?
                                                    Hova e cet-szájú;
                                                    földre-rogyott éjszakában?