Last parchment

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Photograph I : J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) – The Lord of the Rings

Last parchment

When I write on paper,

it is called parchment.

If I read

my poems of literature

it is silence,

has been given.

My parchment breathes

a deep history that

rests in my arms.

The future has not

been known because

it belongs to Ancient History.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 15, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans, Tilburg, the Netherlands

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