There was a time
When you could count the seconds
Until the sun went down
And disappeared from the sky
There was a time
Not long ago
The perfect escape
From this so-called life
I was invincible
Between the sheep
And undetected
Among the alleys
More than thousand hours
I’ve sacrificed
As in obligation
For a second home
But only in so long
As the moon stood high
Defined for me
An honest deception
A mistress for some hours
Nothing more than a pastime
But sometimes it was more like
Pure intoxication….
Hours dissolved into chalices
And a boy became a man…
The Mertensga**e
Never loses his magic spell
That was a time
Of plain perfection
Of blessed promises
Of endless nights
Looking back with
A slight grin
From time to time
An unknown urge
Guides me back
Listen to the words
That the lamppost speaks
Where the cobblestones alone
Pave my way back home
The glory of the alleys
Will stay eternally