to Gene and Dolores
so many years we travelled
countries mountains wild life resorts
the couple and the girl
discovering the beautiness
of their worlds
skycrapers/towers/glas and steel
statues of freedom
you proudly präsentet
I told the stories
of castles/cathedrals
so old/still alive/ivyclad
searching for the past
in a Gasthaus in Schwaben
a Kirchhof near Berlin
von Schmalensee
anticipating the future
me in Manhattan
constructed like a chessboard
simplified plain
but most of all
we liked the rivers
Rhine/Hudsonriver/Missisipi/the Seine
riding and gliding along lovely landscapes
trees bowed their heads
a child waved and laughed
(and a bottel of wine accompanied us)
and all of a sudden
we realised
that the waters were flowing
all to the ocean
Atlantic
the deep one
who seperates and also
unites us
bon voyage/gute Reise/farewell
my dear friends
where will we be next year?
lets hope and lets see
ruins antique/museums of art/
romantical lakescenes
are waiting
to be discovered by us
Rita Rosen
