Moonlit River Crossing
after Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
The river’s dark waters flow beneath the moon’s pale glow where I stand, a lone figure on the worn stone bridge
The night air clings to my skin like a damp shroud, heavy with scent of blooming jasmine and decay of forgotten summers
In the distance, a faint hum of crickets and rustling leaves a mournful serenade to the night and the secrets it keeps
I took the themes of love, death, and the supernatural, and the use of simple, sensual language from Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer's poetry, and applied them to a new, ordinary occasion, a moonlit river crossing, to create a sense of mournful longing. The focus on concrete, natural imagery is also inspired by Bécquer's style.