The last night, the so-called night of New Year’s Eve, was one of the worst nights of my life. Actually a normal night. The only thing it does is that it is the last night of the year. But what does that mean? That the next day instead of another year is written. That’s all. …
I could not save you, just as you could not save me. We knew it. We had always known it. How long can you live with an illusion? How long can you be seduced by the sweet scent of imagination? How long could we live this illusion? How long could we be seduced by the …
I walk toward you. You walk up to me. Fluently. It is self-evident. It is the uniqueness. It is the Approaching, the confusion is and will. Fluently. A Top-to that is not limited in movement, not in deed, not the availability of the comprehensible, and yet it is nothing else. The self-evident as the only …
Gently you open the gate. It is still and dark. Your steps echo in the expanse of the room. Do you want to call my name? The vastness makes you dumb. The vastness frightens you. Where should you turn to? There is no way you know, here in my castle. Are you looking for me? …
18. The ambiguity of the living Because life loses itself in the uniqueness, it gains in the ambiguity. What was is clear, as far as our memory permits clarity. What is is ambiguous in its possibilities. Some things can be anticipated. But often enough, we are surprised, and as soon as we think that …
Advent calendars, are now an integral part of Advent, and not just for children. Whether it is a picture-book, filled with chocolate and bought or hand-made, they serve to shorten the waiting time for the Christmas Eve. Especially since small children can hardly wait until the big day, while the adults groan under the burden …
We had not heard of each other for a long time, when we met again, just as chance brings people together. Sometimes after long, others after a short break, depending on how the fates mood. Again and again I wondered what your reasons were for your silence. But I did not want to penetrate you. …