MERCY Poem by Esther Jansma

MERCY

De zee is zacht van geluiden
en zolang op het dorpsplein de zoon
zijn hoofd op het hakblok legt,
de moeder binnen op zijn doodskist
kaarsen aansteekt, tafel dekt,

zoekt waterig licht de lijkbleke
waterhuid van zee aan de rand
van het dorp, vult de mond zich
met afscheid, voelt het hoofd
zich vallen, valt de bijl niet.

Esther Jansma
Friday, August 10, 2018
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