Lorenz

Absence

Absence is that empty cell 

where the jailer has fallen asleep

Dedication adressed to the past 

when it becomes too pressing .

Perhaps a kiss sent into space-time

that never returns ...

A cardsharp concealing the echo...

The old stuffed parrot 

will no longer talk nonsense 

when it wakes up ...

In the living,a yellowed portrait 

speaks of a summer love .

 A glance under Ibiza sun 

that has the indolence of the 60s.

From the craddle to the grave 

the children of absence 

left a trace of insolence ...

 Comes the moment ,

when the schedule of appointments

with habbit remains closed ...

 Married exchanging dust rings 

under the sideboard ...

 A kitten dozing on the sofa 

is friend with the mummies 

always faithful to the earl gray ritual...

This well-behaved book  on the gueridon

with wrinkles  on its lines 

that no one questions anymore ,

keeps reading its long story ...

Since you left, the calendar hanging 

on the wall has only  memory 

of the birthdays engraved on a tombstone...

 Even is nobody comes ,we are asked 

to deposit our apologies in the lobby.

Sometimes, loneliness calls ,

concerned about knowing if a smile 

took possession of the blue room ...

Love passes ,without pushing 

the rusty gate ,searching for happiness

that awaits it ,trampling on harmful

of dead leaves ...

 Absence has neither reason nor season .

And then one day it pushes the gate 

flying away when the jailer 

has been asleep for too long ...