Evasions, guilt
and a thousand unknown words.
I lick from your fingers…
the flavors of your tiny dreams!
I hide newspapers in my coat
so that the desert cold doesn’t whip me.
Windows with bars
to hide anonymous faces
that the sun has never seen.
I set up a stool outside the school
to expect children’s smiles..
to make decorations
on the edge of the lips
The tongue tastes
the spices of pearls.
What else can I hide from you
in a red hall
that sleep did not want to give a breath?
Tonight I wished
many patterns to scar
on my withered skin.
Truly, what should I remember?
That drink you treated
in an untouched night?
That you cried in my hands on a train…
while crossing the tunnels?
We lit a fire in a house that was cold
but happy
We had to hide exposed parts of the body
and walk naked on the rooftops of another mind
Many cities to enclose
a half-full arch
and a completely empty wish.
I swallow harsh images
on a bed that I laid my feet.
I gaive you wedding gifts
on a road that was covered by mud.
You gave me veils to hide the lie
behind curtains that I painted with blood.
On a terrace we hung all those feelings
that the sunset deprived from us of when we melted…
On that road you showed me poverty to face
I turned back, I didn’t leave any footprints.
In the desert
you didn’t let me
go of my breath!
A drop that was left
gave me back my life.
Eyes closing, turning black
Giving a fiery glow
You tricked the stars into drinking wine!
Morocco 2008
