Water looks like skin
Ripples of the sky
Blue kisses grey
The sun cannot fly
by those windows
Thousands of them shine
Reflections everywhere
Which one is mine?
Which one the original?
Which one is real?

At the reservoir

I found my place
when I stopped looking for it
It’s more difficult
to be simple
‘cause everyone is complicated
to reach each other
I just needed to see you
Looking into the water
Let’s take a walk to find you
Together, here 

At the reservoir

Time standing still
As if the lake carries the mirror
And the mirror absorbs
The city and its tears
A majestic peace
the skyline has no grief
It always evolves
While the heavens foresee
And ignore the weeping willows and me
and the tears collect
In the reservoir

At the reservoir

Running away to the water
Is it from you or towards you
Is it just another day or is there
a difference in a way
Is it just that same
That carries my name

At the reservoir

So still, in every way
Don’t wash me away 

At the reservoir

It carries my name
leaves fall and die
hear me cry

© Ute Lemper