Waiting for Summer

The wind blows the sand
Into the long whitened grass
And into our hair,
Lovers lying together,
Waiting for Summer.

Morning light

You lie beside me in the morning light
Still held by sleep, your hand beneath your face.
The sky is pale, the day but half begun,
And in the stillness of the morning air
Lies promise of a golden summer day.

Winter Journey

How can I describe, my beloved one,
The mountain’s glory in the morning sun?

How can I tell you of the silent glade
In the snowy depths of the forest shade?

And how shall I capture for you the spell
Of the crystal showers in the frozen dell?

Schloss Kassegg.
February 1985