On the left river

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Photograph I : Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

On the left river

I sit, at the left side

of the riverbank.

I do not tolerate, anyone.

I do not listen

to one letter of future.

I sat, at the right side,

of the riverbank.

The water has no colour,

no life or love.

It is there.

I have been, above the water.

I am on the left, my specialized

one second, I am

that I will not make autumn leaves,

fall any higher

than the water takes

care of a new beam

while I sit

on the left arm

I love peace, silence

and harmony.

Forever.

Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans

Europe, the Netherlands, Tilburg,

October 7, 2019

© 2019 Petra Hermans

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/10003012-in-the-shelter-of-my-silver-beige-coat-i-saw

Michael Ende – Ophelias Schattentheater

Friedrich Hechelmann

Copyright © 1988 by K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart-Wien

Copyright © Nederlandse vertaling

A.W. Sijthoff’s Uitgeverij Maatschappij bv, Amsterdam 1988

Photograph II : Michael Ende – Ophelia’s Schimmentheater

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