Thursday, 24 November 2022

Nerval's Madness

What if he saw symbols we didn't see;
what if Nature did indeed communicate with him.
What if he had crossed a plane that most mortals can't;
what if by that definition he wasn't mad at all?
What if he instead spoke the language of the Universe.


Picture credit: Gérard de Nerval by Félix Nadar

Written October 2021.