photo: an oasis in the desert of Merzouga, Morocco, when you realize that the essentials are quite simple, a bit like the Finns who are the happiest, in part, some of them claim, because their expectations are not high
that would be enough for her
whatever others said
that she would eventually be understood
sooner or later
just before being forgotten
more or less like everyone else
A 60 km de Fez, Volubilis, ou la rencontre de la riche histoire du Maroc
photo : Fez, emotion du vide
We had nothing to lose/
by jumping into the water/
by slowing down words/
to listen to History/
it was never far away: it flowed through our veins
Photo : taken in Essaouira, a port town in Morocco on the Atlantic coast, December 2019
you can hear stories
you weren't even listening to
but an attentive ear
belated tears
between the porcelain trinkets
"how much for the cup?"
in the strange late
afternoon light
then you resume your tasks
of the day and of the evening
remembering
confidences you did not
want to receive
*reposted from January 2023, edited in January 2024
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(photo: Essaouira, Maroc, 2019)
