Visions

 

I walk softly,

On the valleys of time,

There, from above

I see far beneath -

Souls in solitude

Walking alone

In meadows and mountains

Under the gaze of the frozen gods

 

I see us

All on our own,

Trying not to find new paths

But to retrace the steps

We left long ago

For we were here before

And somewhere deep within

We already know

 

This is the only peace

Worth fighting for,

This, the only shelter

Worth leaving your refuge for

This solitude

The only company worth longing

This melancholy

The only happiness worth crying for

 

Then, one day

We reach a hill, a knoll,

Or a summit

And all around, we see

The massifs of time

Where we find ourselves

In pilgrimages

Across eternity

 

Somewhere

We have found his temple,

In a shallow valley stream

Somewhere else,

We have climbed summits

And yet not found our dream

The circle continues along lifetimes

That pass in the blink of an eye

 

And so it is

Until faraway,

What is it we see?

Man, mountains, meadows

Have disappeared in the mists

To merge with the Maker

Where the montage is empty,

Everything begins, yet nothing remains…

 

29^th September, 2024