Transcendence; (Heissenbuttel)

1 When the cemetery, situated on the upper edge of the slope, moves down into the valley, it is as if the dead occupy land.

2 When the cemetery, situated on the upper edge of the slope, moves down into the valley and the dead occupy land, as it were, there arises something like the movement of time standing still.

3 When the cemetery, situated on the upper edge of the slope, moves down into the valley with its dead occupying land, as it were, what is real becomes visible in the movement of still time.

4 The dead move down into the valley in the figure of gravestones, crosses, wreaths and flowerbeds.

5 of gravestones, crosses, wreaths and flowerbeds. The movement of the dead down into the valley occurs in the figure

6 The movement of the dead down into the valley occurs as an engulfing of the meadow covering the slope by the figure of tombstones, crosses, wreaths and flowerbeds.

7 The devouring of the meadow by the figure of gravestones, crosses, wreaths and flowerbeds, by lines of writing, flower wilting, metal colours, flower colours,stone colours, signifies land occupation by death.

8 Sober and colourful at the same time, death, occupying land, moves down into the free meadow ground for eternity and wherever he comes, as far as he reaches, time stands still.

9 Graves, sober and colourful at the same time, occupy the unoccupied place.

10 Unoccupied place melts before death’s occupation of land. the living come up to meet the dead. who, meeting them, have occupied land and place.

11 But from below, where on the valley floor spring still blooms.

12 From the meadow bottom the living rise to the dead.

13 In the midst of the spring-blooming meadow slope the living meet the still time of death, the dead and the living mingle with each other until they are indistinguishable.

(Transzendenz, Heissenbuttel, translated by Machinetranslation, late 2023)