Bruges-la-Morte

A Ghost Poem

Patrick Bernauw
Only the dead are dancing

through the living

rooms

when the evening is falling

and the grey people

are put to rest

in peace

in their houses where shallow

shadows of lost centuries

are wandering - stoned

as a statue.

Who listens well, can hear

a voice behind a hatch

whispering about a past

tense not fully

completed.

Published by Patrick Bernauw

Patrick Bernauw is a full time Flemish writer (Dutch speaking part of Belgium) of historical mysteries and faction thrillers. And he is a producer of murder and mystery games, city games, alternate reality g...  View profile

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