SUNPRINTS

I search for colors, for harmony, for life,

am flabbergasted by the beauty of creation.

Springtime shows the freshness of the forms

when leaves still hesitate to show themselves,

but then expose themselves with joy.

My eyes are seeing, but my soul absorbs

the richness and diversity of forms.

Of all those leaves I choose just one or two

- only the most beautiful ones, I must admit -.

Paint and brushes wait at home,

want to adore, surround the quiet beauty

with an array of pleasing colors.

And there, God, the Creator of the leaves, 

meets the rich intuition of the soul.

The thinking pole is stepping back, and there awakens

on the spur a new devotion to creation.

Only then occurs the big surprise

when sunbeams start to do their magic.

“Patience, patience” is the message, “don’t come too early”.

When then the leaf is lifted and in the richness of the colors

the Sunprint shows itself, as an imprinting of true life,

awakened to new life and spending joy around

in somber autumn/ winter days.

                                            

                                                 Truus Geraets, Autumn 2020