the missing accents (in a poem composed in French)
~for Elisa Maria Agiro~
are neither missed nor lost, are neither essential nor essences, for the heart of the poem dazzles! for the life well dreamed, dazzles! the simplest truth needs no spices, life, it is glorious, the glorious spark of god, living and breathing within us, no matter the language, no matter the accent, that is our mission!