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Recognition, Germain Droogenbroodt

Not every river
leads to the greater water
of the sea

nor reaches every road
its goal

step by step
dawn removes the night
and sometimes offers recognition

more
than just light.

Germain Droogenbroodt
La Cava, Lake Como, 15.6.2016

Picture by Germain Droogenbroodt
 

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