MEMORY OF ONE TREE Comments

One day in the future
I'll remember this tree
I'll see that its branches
reach my hands
leaded with the aroma
the afternoon is now spreading

Leaves and water
are bright green waves.
The gray trunk designs
long, strange maps.

I shall remember this sky
looking into my window
and the invisible bird
singing in the mornings

I'll remember this hour
with the man passing by
collecting empty bottles
along the street,
and the poor little girl
who comes barefoot
from the dark cavern
pierced in the mountain

Faraway, a bell sounds…
Here, within, the music
and a face looking at me
from beyond the soul.

It is September again.
I feel your love so near.

From a different place
of life, your eyes
look at me in the mist
eroding distances

On a distant day
I'll remember this hour
and my boat will be closer
to your shore.
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