New Life

Today at noon

butterflies came back

waltzing with daffodils

and daisies

on the lawn

there is a new melody 

in the air

packed with birds

chirping

and far away songs

of unknown insects

the snowy shroud of Winter

is exiled 

on mountain tops

and hope

is springing back

in rosebuds

and shy lizards

basking 

in the sun

a thousand-faced crowd

is peeping

through death

looking for 

a new life

Claude Lopez-Ginisty

Dreaming awake

Dreaming awake

I visited lots of places

and came back unaware

of the subtleties of memories

Friends tried to convert me

to their private heresies

and left 

when they realized

that I had my own salvation planned

in a bundle of prayers 

and intercessions

Spring came yesterday

a daisy storm on the lawn

and a lighter shade of blue

in the morning sky

I defined every single item

of my broken life

I am free

and I belong here

Here where sparrows 

act like angels

silently invading 

the praying hands of the trees

that have worn 

their gloves of buds and flowers

Claude Lopez-Ginisty