UNDER THE POWERFUL
HAND
The game of the horizon flickers.
As a loved light rolls,
The fire seems to express the reason for life.
Lightly palpitating,
Unsettled waves speak about life's hazard.
Forever under the powerful hand,
Happiness remains a secret that time ignores.
Free choice does not exist.
Freedom and happiness
Mingle in the appearance of the moment.
Submissive to its destiny,
The soul finds its due rest.
And in the heart of the horizon,
It finds again the fascination of the eyes
Which have driven it captive
As far as the lost line
Where the gaze of existence
Fuses begining and end.
Hugues Delbergue
Miami, 1983
Translated from french with Lorne Kotler
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