A nightingale tale

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Photograph I : Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

A nightingale tale

In a dream,

you wonder how

the end will last.

I dream,

a disaster dream,

as a child, a young girl,

over and again,

for a longer day.

At first, the witch,

witches under my bed,

try to threaten me,

more than once.

I have light green eyes

and know, more than

I understand, how to change

that witch in a rabbit, a frog,

and finally, a grey mouse!

I sing my freedom song

in a Zoo, without children.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

May 29, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

Photograph II : Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)

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