Walking in the rain with the dog

Well it is getting colder, wetter and darker.
This morning I walked with the dog next to the water. And I saw a lot of beauty in the silence af the water and the raindrops.

Yesterday a great Dutch poet died. J. Bernlef

I share one of his poems with you

View of the future
When they pass away some poets
want the light to die when they go
for the world to end and though
they're furious about their own demise

I stand by the river, you know
and watch how light
royally passes me by;
I don't wallow in it, just swallow
harrowed at this vacant view.

© J. Bernlef
© Translation: Scott Rollins