Landscapes

The landscape is inside yourself

hidden and secret

deep in the realm of memories

with lakes of tears 

sunny smiles 

and tender green bushes 

where your dreams nested

in the old days

you look at it

you sigh and wonder

why a mere sight of nature

could make you feel 

so weak and so lost

and yet so happy

you dwelled long enough

in all those magic landscapes

making them in a subtle way 

the ideal scenery

of home-made plays

where you were the hero

the landscape is inside yourself

and when there is a storm

now it seems to you 

that your tears

provide the heavy rain

Claude Lopez-Ginisty

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Photo:

Danielle Wollensack