John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (Live in Japan, 1966)

I love Walter Benjamin and both Coltranes.

Not at the same time. I love them completely,

with my whole body. I love summery air and summer nights.

I love March because it’s green and I was born here.

I love the garden I water and weed in my mind

as I sleep. I love every bruise in my childhood.

I love filling my life with good books. Oh, all kinds.

Poems, novels, conversations. Walking through galleries

and art museums. Seeing a good movie twice and crying

at the same parts. Sitting on a park bench and listening.

I love my friends. I can feel each and every one of them

if I close my eyes and just think about laughter. Oh my God,

I love waking up. I’m so grateful I get to be here at all.

I love this feeling that God is in everything, but only

everything. I love how completely this feeling suits me.

I love that I decided to live. I love that I decided to live.

Of course I love myself. I love my transsexual body.

I’m so in love with you. I love you with my whole life.

This poem appeared in Passages North, 2025.

10.09.2026

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