by eliasaltrichter | Nov 19, 2025 | essay, literature, philosophy, writing
This creative essay is an investigation into how we can remember without any sign of the past. How can we remember a thing that seemingly left no traces? This investigation will be carried out with a specific example in mind – the “Estherhazybad” in Vienna. The...
by eliasaltrichter | Oct 29, 2023 | literature, poetry, writing
The field was dry as I was lying in it.I could feel the cracks of the earth upon my bare skin;just like mourns from Mother Nature herself. Like an approaching relief, I could see the clouds appearing.I could feel them on my skin;I let it in like the dried-up cracks of...
by eliasaltrichter | Aug 23, 2023 | literature, poetry, writing
I felt like a featherflying through the sunshine;turning and twirling in the windstossing myself up and down through the airwith the sun ever so slightly encompassing me. Though with no eyes; how could I have seen the clouds?I only felt the raindrop.At first, only one...
by eliasaltrichter | Mar 22, 2023 | literature, poetry, writing
With the blink of an eye you came into my life; but when I opened them again, you were already gone. I loved you for a night; for when we were dancing; for you when you sat on my balcony; for as long as this cigarette burns.I loved your hair and how you did not know...
by eliasaltrichter | Feb 27, 2023 | literature, poetry, writing
Who would I have been, if you wouldn’t taught me to speak?Stumbling with words; crying. Who would I have been, if you weren’t there to catch me?Crawling on the cold floor; falling into the abyss. Who would I have been, if you weren’t there while I found out who I...
by eliasaltrichter | Feb 5, 2023 | literature, poetry
Io che soffro, mentre tu vai avanti con la propria giornata.I miei pensieri che cercano di riempire l’abisso del perché.Ed io allo scoglio, senza nessun pensiero da torturarmi. Salto per trovare il perché, proprio perché io non posso continuare senza saperlo.Io sto...