Schwarzwald

Can you hear me?

I am lost amongst the lilies

Sitting with the frogs

In the lonesome night.

Can you see me?

I am singing to the branches

With the pines and the ferns

In the cold winter wind.

Can you understand me?

I whisper between leaves

That fell on the porous ground

Among the dead flowers.

Can you smell me?

Follow me along the musty creek

Hop the rocks as soft as stone

And as dark as black.

Can you touch me?

I shiver on the mountain peak

Hidden in the patches of snow

Where you can’t see me.

Can you feel me?

I lurk on the icy wood

That fell centuries ago

Whose logger died.

Can you show me?

The wind speaks your name

Like an Incan warrior

From the city of riches.

Can you hold me?

I want to touch the orchids

As soft as the spider that threads

Tens of webs each day.

Can you remember me?

Spread what I have to give

Fields full of olives and oranges

Bushes of spiny roses.

Can you sing for me?

I don’t want to go to sleep.

I lie awake thinking of you

About how you reached me.

Author's Note

the title means "black forest" in german