immortals

4 april 2020, limburg

look! another cold spring night is past

grass drops its frosty mantle,

but, people are still locked up

in their heads, murmuring:

‘ we are not immortals! ’

sky on the other hand, audibly clear,

it reflects even on the pebbles in the river,

earth’s breath, rhythmic,

adrift,  a tiger’s silhouette,

breeze, unobstructed.

i see a wagtail on a gravestone,

maybe praying: ‘ let the rain come! ’