Wednesday 7 April 2021

Hagar Peeters: 'Vannacht kwam ik mijn ouders tegen'

 

LAST NIGHT I CAME ACROSS MY PARENTS


Last night I came across my parents,

two pallid figures that inclined towards

each other in the white light of a lantern. 


Judging from their joyous state I was as yet

unborn. They were both young and much in love. 

A great sadness then came over me

because I knew the course that things would take.


She roared with laughter at something he had whispered. 

He laughed out loud as he still often does.

We exchanged a courteous greeting

and afterwards we went our separate ways. 


‘Wait a moment,’ I called after them,

we’ll surely meet again some time.

Arm in arm they silently turned a corner.


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