Hohem Salzburg Fortress

Hohem Salzburg Fortress


A

i stand on vulture tower
and see the town down below
the tiredness of climbing here
is lost as i see the sun's glow

i sit and wonder softly
about the sun, place and time
looking backward in time gone by
who else did watch the sun


B

sun sets today
like every other day
only i am here
to add history to this place
in my mini... life pages
i have visited this fortress
Why?
i wonder relentlessly.

Maybe i died on the very steep hills
and wanted to reach the towers
my life left my body
but my soul took the trouble

i am standing here wondering why
this place looks utterly familiar
it's totally bizarre, actually sad
i have been here at this towers.

It's a pity i do not know when
that i last saw the sunset
at this 600 year old castle
with mountains that lie far ahead

C

I am a tree
that did merrily see
million yellow sunsets

Housing dirty pigeons
keeping bloody history
standing tall and exhausted

if only I could speak
I could reveal the names
of great men who stood here before

watching the sun
pacing the place
to come up with their own ideas that glow

i am just a tree
in winter and summer
standing but nobody comes

like living poets
waiting for death
in plain printed pages.