Deze spoken word werd in 2021 genomineerd voor de ILFU verhalenwedstrijd en eindigde in de top 5.

Drip drip (originele versie)

This feeling is indescribable
Unexplainable how impossible it is to focus
All the thoughts are racing through my head
Suddenly, it starts

I feel its feet slowly walking up my back
Leaving behind footsteps of blackened memories
The dust is itching in my eyes
I hear the paint falling from my fingers

My heart? Is in the hallway
Waiting for the pump to turn back on
Waiting
Waiting
Suddenly
It stops

Drip drip drip
All I feel is
Empty


Drip drip (Nederlandse vertaling)

Dit gevoel is onbeschrijfelijk
Onverklaarbaar hoe onmogelijk focus is
Alle gedachten rennen rond in mijn hoofd
Plotseling, begint het

Ik voel zijn voeten langzaam lopend over mijn rug
Elke voetstap gevuld met een zwartgeblakerde herinnering
Het stof prikt in mijn ogen
Ik hoor verf vallen van mijn vingers

Mijn hart? Die staat op de gang
Wachtend tot de pomp weer aan gaat
Wachten
Wachten
Opeens
Stopt het

Drip drip drip
Alles wat ik voel is
Leeg

Drip Drip - Spoken Word

Music credits
Vocals, piano: Maya Willemse
Violin: Noa Staal
Cello: Johannes Karst
Composition, lyrics, arrangement: Maya Willemse
Recording engineer, mix: Marie de Koning
Master: Damian Bosch
Recorded at: Dearworld Studio & HKU Studio

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