Elated

 

The sun falls down in a loch that

slowly takes cover in the clouds

 

Whereby she slowly sinks into a

sea of fog shielded for my eyes

 

Reflecting the memory of moments

I slept under millions

of glittering stars

 

Billions of miles away from me

discovering

many mysterious peninsulas

and isles in mind

 

Elated watching the sun falling

down slowly in the water calm

 

Hans Lambrechts

 

This poem is inspired by the artwork

'The small isles' by Shazia Mahmood.

The photo of this artwork is published

with her permission.

 

Opgetogen

 

Dutch version of the poem Elated

 

De zon valt in het water stil

dat langzaam wegduikt in

de wolken

 

Waardoor zij opklimt in een zee

van mist verborgen voor mijn

ogen

 

Die nu nog slechts weerspiegelen

de herinnering aan toen ik onder

schitterende sterren sliep

 

Miljarden kilometers van mij

verwijderd over verlaten

schiereilanden liep

 

Opgetogen kijkend naar de zon

die viel  in het water stil

 

Hans Lambrechts

 

      Free

     
         to think read say create

         demonstrate contrasts

         completely

         with being

         

         Suppressed

         treated as enemy or

         a renegade relative

         without any right to

         a dignified

         existence

           

         It’s partly about

         a clash between

         democracy and

         autocracy

         

         In Europe and

         far behind

         violated borders

         recently

 

         Hans Lambrechts

         

Amazing

With the wind blowing in my neck

the seafog disappearing in my back

the sun rising in my face my gaze

wanders slowly downhill to the place

where the streams flow into the Loch

Whether it is dawn or sunset glow

visitors mention or avoid their

presence in their blogs

the streams are flowing

their own way day by day

And I from nearby living

under the same stunning big sky

celebrate with them the born

of another hopely glorious day

 

Knowing for sure I will always

return if leaving once to this

amazing piece of space

under our planetary sun

Hans Lambrechts

     

 

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