Buttercup Blog

I've been resting today. Slept a bit on the one couch after helping J1 fix the other two couches. We had some lovely chicken soup for lunch.

I found a lovely place on the web in France. Looks like it needs loads of work. It is in Brittany. Then, I went surfing and found a lovely poem. Here it is:

Scheepersnek

Onthou, my Lief, ek is Afrika, jou land.


My land verwelkom my
met 'n oorweldigende fanfare

ek wóú nog oor die bergtop loer
ek wóú nog my armbande skud
saggies lag
en wink
van ver af wuif
maar my land het geweet ek kom
want toe ek oor die nek kom
is die lug vol bebliksemde donderslae
by die afdraai plaas toe
trek die orkes van die lug oop
my land wys my wat ek lánk nie gesien het nie:
'n simfonie van bliksem en reën
Ons suster!
Ons suster!

ek gooi áltwee my arms oop
my land omhels my

vannag slaap ek nie alleen nie
ek lê in die arms van die reën


I would love to feel that way about coming home to a place I love to be in. Maybe this place is waiting for us in France. Lighting and rain and all.