You were appearing in the shadow of my youth
but who were you?
You did not know yet but
you were trying to be
though you were hardly
you were reacting mainly
to what you were told
or what you had heard
or what you believed
everything but
what was inside of you
photo: Marrakesh, Medina,
tu apparaissais à l’ombre de mes jeunes années
mais qui étais-tu?
tu ne le savais pas encore car
tu tentais d’être
mais tu n’étais guère
tu réagissais seulement
à ce que l’on te disait
ce que tu entendais
ou à ce que tu croyais
n’importe quoi
sauf ce qui était en toi
