Where are you now?

Where are you now?

(Translated from Dutch)

For Yessi

Where are you now?

Now that your beautiful smile has disappeared

Where are you now?

Now that I’m only able to see you in pictures

Where are you now?

Now that the battle has come to an end

Where are you now?

Now that you are no longer here

If only you could stay a bit longer

so that our friendship could lead us

to more nights with sushi

a weekend away together

a wedding in Italy next year

or dancing again in Apeldoorn

But life already said goodbye to you

before I had the chance to do so

And here as well

where I have come to say farewell

I still can’t find you

And I keep calling: Where are you now?

and I keep searching

and searching

and searching

And then suddenly

I find you again

very close to me

here in my heart

I here you laugh again

In my heart

that is where you are

Now

And forever.

22 November 2022, Amsterdam