I never kept sheep,
But it’s as if I had.
My soul is like a shepherd,
It knows the wind and the sun
And walks hand in hand with the Seasons,
Following and looking.
All the peace of peopleless Nature
Comes to sit by my side.
But I feel as sad as a sunset is
To our imagination,
When we see it fading in the distance
And feel the night enter
Like a butterfly through the open window.


But my sadness is soothing
Because it’s natural and right
And is what should be there in the soul
When it already thinks it exists
And our hands pick flowers without the soul even noticing.