Love in times of lockdown

I lay my hand
on the silence
of your body.

I kiss the autumn light
on your shoulder.

Within you I will die
and never die.

Never see the end
never the hour
in which the years fall silent.

Antoon Van den Braembussche, Belgium

English Translation: Dick van Spronsen

From: “De schaduw van Morandi” (The shadow of Morandi)
Uitgeverij P, 2022).