In my tradition

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

In my tradition

In the tradition, I bring and give

old traditions are respected

as shadows in the dark.

In my tradition,

I love every touch a minute

in a second.

In my tradition, of family,

someone, just someone,

said something, to me

in light, love and shyness,

somewhere, somehow.

In the tradition of all traditions,

anything stays the same, because

I know silently some traditions

within a tradition are not

to be written, explained or taught.

Poetry has ears where silence

cannot hear a sound.

It is a tradition to respect

a new tradition within old traditions.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

March 1, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : The Netherlands, Berkel-Enschot, Wilhelminaplantsoen

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