Lorenz

The shadow of the living

You were that woman made of shifting geometry

and angular delights .

Grown-up fairy from the kingdom of the winds .

Our rendezvous in the scent of the zeitgeist 

did not heed the stern call of the hours .

 Mix of lies  and bittersweet emotions .

  I loved the ease with which you took over 

a besieged  dungeon  !

  Vestal inspired by a courtesan\'s sensuality .

 your body tasting like a  salty-scented shipwreck...

 I sensed a journey fit for a mummified princess.

Comedy always has a flavor of happiness 

doomed to torment ...

  One morning, as you wake up 

in search for some shared alchemy 

 drowned in  the dold drum .

  You were nothing but a doll\'s dream ...

I am leafing through the harvest almanac ,

  finding yourself in that little café  

where chess players cheated and smokers died.

 You had faith on those insignificant pawns 

for the price of a coffee and butt like a mite

cast before the last ...

  Angular disjoint between moon in cancer 

and Saturn\'s  agreement ...

The little bar closed a long time ago .

  The chessboards are gathering dust 

at the back of the closet .

 Just a few faithful absence always present ...

   Did you die without telling me ?

 But ignoring the date is to preserve 

the image of the living .

 Frozen the flesh of the moment .

  It must be love .

A blend of a living shadow upon a grave

that jealously guards its reveries of another life...