The sun was everlastingly shining over the oasis.

I wake up from a dream, eyes wide open.

I turn my head and see this beautiful creature that shares my bed sheets.

I was longing for her as much as I am every day longing for the night to fall.

The cool nights when we would get lost in the city of minarets.

The gates of the city we used to climb at night to kiss when religion was finally asleep.

The moon proudly looking over us from above. Not jealous.

We were free.

Every night was a feast.

We had plov and mantis.

Red wine and cakes.

And on top of that, we had each other.

Each other, as the sun and the moon chasing each other.

J’aimerais lui faire savoir,
J’aimerais lui faire comprendre,

À travers de belles phrases,
À travers une sélection de mots réfléchie.

Je ne souhaite pas nécessairement faire l’amour avec toi.
Je languis juste un peu de tendresse,

Surtout la nuit.
Surtout la nuit.

Ton corps contre le mien,
Un échange de caresses.

Une alliance intime de nos deux âmes,
Rencontrées hier au crépuscule, qui se quitteront demain à l’aube.

Une parenthèse,
Un partage de battements de cœurs,

Une présence physique,
Un court moment qui restera gravé dans nos mémoires,

À l’un,
À l’autre.

****, that sea
it only deserves to be admired with mandarines
and a glass filled with blue wine

along with the unique mixtape of the pebbles
marrying the waves of the shore
in this greyish foam

****, that sea is saccharine to my ears and diabetes to my veins
its breeze is swimming over my white skin
it's like eating an ice-cream in an abnormally hot summer

as to the magnetic black sand sneaking away between my toes
repeatedly it would pause time
and i'll be taken away by a walk with no purpose

les rayons d’Hélios au travers de la fenêtre
sur ton corps nu, brillent et te reflètent

par sa lumière naturelle et divine
sur ton visage l'illumine

par le reflet des couleurs de l’iris de tes yeux
j'entrevois l'avenir, l'espoir et ton absence de pudeur

je souhaite me noyer, sombrer dans ton âme
embrasser chaque recoin possible de ton visage

faire glisser sensuellement, ma main le long de ta peau
ressentir tes imperfections, nombreuses de bas en haut

ta sérénité d'esprit est ta plus profonde essence
te redécouvrir m'ôte de ma méconnaissance

sans fin, je te suis esclave
ton goût m'a libéré de mon entrave

telle la condition de ma perdition angélique
tu m'honores de ta sexualité romantique

emporte-moi au-delà de notre métabolisme
fais-moi tien comme la lumière face au prisme

je me meurs d'espérance et de plaisir
je me donne à ton immense agonie

je t'entre et rencontre l'origine de la passion
à jamais toi et moi nous serons

One day when I was a child
My favorite pear tree fell
I found it strange to know it’s fruit
When I’d only seen it bloom

Split in half by the weight of ice
Right down the middle
A crack of thunder as it went
It was killed by the rain and cold

I used to rest in it’s shadow
Infertile but gracious to me
As the blooms floated down
Like flurrying springtime snow

Strong seeming and lovely smelling
A father in spirit and in truth
Winter killed what spring made beautiful
It held no children but me

Birds fly
So do I--
Lifted by your hands.
Paper *****,
Wrestled falls,
Laughter with no end.

Scars earned,
Lessons learned,
Gearing me for life.
Always here,
Support clear,
Pillar of my life.

Dear dad,
Your contagious beams,
Spread through my body,
Infect my cheeks.

You reflect the day-
The soul of a child,
In the body of a man-
Life's not kind.

Yet you shine,
As a movie critique,
With zero dad ***,
And a good physique.

However busy,
You may be,
You leave it all aside
For our family.

Very grateful we must be.
Not all heroes are caped, you see,
Because dad,
You are our hero in a lungi!

And what’s then? What’s left?
Maybe the faith that the day'll beep,
That day when the sun pushs cheekily
To windows, disturbing sleep.

That day when there’s no sadness,
When everything’s clear and plain!
That day when the soul is married
To happiness, sprayed with rain.

That day when all the trumpets around
Struck the march, bravura and blessed!
That day when I live the whole time
Just live without any dread.