Tuesday, December 1, 2020

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

 

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

 

Lonely Goodbye

 

for those who, wherever, have to die lonely

 

Chilly the room

the white walls

audible only

the echo of loneliness.

Not a tender word anymore

no warm embrace

just the time,

a leaking tap,

ticking.

None knocking at the door

nobody you expect,

no one, except death.


 

Unique Amalgam

 

There is a time

where the soul descends

down to the deepest of being

to retire

of her never-ending fate

of eternity

the mind and the body

committed to the earth

unique amalgam

of memories

entrusted

to the night.


 

Borrowed Dawn

 

With its hand of shadow and darkness

unraveled the evening

the defenseless light

unraveled the future

the magic

the borrowed dawn

pulled out of the wick

shed the oil

extinguished time.

 

***

When a sun

who knows no more dawn

dies away

in its own light

and the night

extinguishes her stars

snaps the stem

tears the leaf.

 


Corona Heiku Poems

 

Left in the grey air

as unfulfilled desires

smoke of cremation

*

Hankering for dawn

but it won’t rise for them

corona victims

 

*

The blackbirds wonder

why the streets are so empty

sorrowful their songs

*

A knock at the door

a faint light in the darkness

only for a while

*

Floating in the air

white and grey clouds

funeral notices

*

 

Springtime: sun and light

a blackbird sings the praises of life

splinters in his soul

*

With such fervent red

flourish the magnolias

but he has to leave

*

Like waves at the shore

good memories returning

nobody to share

*

A medical check

everything under control

but who can see it?

*

It is back again

the screeching of the crickets

for them no lock down

*

Paradise flowers

piously bowing their heads

not for earthly gods

*

They came back again

the lock down could not stop them

the swallows of spring

*

 

Blooming oranges

spread an enchanting perfume

messages of hope

  

GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

 

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