© Zlatina Ivanova 
© Dirk Engelage

She's there, just there ... 
No! That's not right!

You're here, 
right here, right now, 
not to be missed, 
dismissed, 
you cannot be denied,

your presence 
like a force 
comparable perhaps 
to mother earth

your history 
may carry traces 
of denial, of abuse 
...

they did not 
change a thing 
in who you are, 
right now, right here!

I look at you, 
almost forget 
to breathe ...