Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.

- Georg Trakl

Shuddering under the autumn stars, each year, the head sinks lower and lower.

- Georg Trakl

Silently, God opens his golden eyes over the place of skulls.

- Georg Trakl

The guilt of newborns is immense.

- Georg Trakl

The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart.

- Georg Trakl

Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.

- Georg Trakl

I do not have easy days at home now and I drift between fear and helplessness in sunny rooms where it is unspeakably cold. Strange shudders of transf…

- Georg Trakl

The near stillness recalls what is forgotten, extinct angels.

- Georg Trakl

Cold metal walks across my forehead, spiders search for my heart. It is a light that goes out in my mouth.

- Georg Trakl