The book

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

The book

In all times

in all ages

in history

the book of love

is a testimony.

In all spirits

all minds

of my soul

the heart beats

more than

a lifetime.

Books, letters,

songs, musicians

have tried

to reach out

to humanity and in the human race.

I know, now,

they all failed.

I’m not sorry,

no, not sorry

about it.

Persistence.

It is a mayor word in our family.

But is not severe or hard in that specific way.

Endurance is a challenge, not by the body.

But silence has been challenged in a higher purpose!

The book is not closed or open by one poet;

she is named.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

The Netherlands, Tilburg,

January 7, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Flowers in my garden, photograph by Petra Hermans

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