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Reem Apr 2019
i heard you like bedtime stories:
once upon a time,
there was a rose.
she wore silky white dresses,
drank tea with lots of sugar,
read about Greek philosophers,
spoke in a dozen different languages.
it wasn’t until the thorns began to grow on her that people feared her.  
a statue, she stood, in the town’s market.

“un peu de tendresse,
un peu d’amour,
aimez la belle rose!”

would you like to save the rose?
would you like to be her?
a yellow rose?
(make friends out of statues)
or a red rose?
(love every drop of life)
possibly white?
(kindness.)

“la tendresse me sauvera.”
but it was tenderness that wilted her.
Marco Bo Sep 2018
under this gray forgotten sky
I look to the ground and take flight

I reply to a distant call
of a deserved lonesome exodus

minimum quantum spaces
freedom in the first moments
voices and lights in the lips of a child
that takes life and peace from the breast of the world

under this gray forgotten sky
I look to the ground and take flight

I turn back I'm alone
but I do not fear this solo drum
and absorbed in my infinite intimacy
I migrate to the wild
sanctuary that will save my soul
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sotto questo cielo grigio dimenticato
guardo a terra e prendo il volo

ad una chiamata remota rispondo
di un meritato esodo solitario

minimi spazi quantici
libertà dei primi momenti
voci e luci nelle labbra di un bambino
che prende vita e pace dal seno del mondo

sotto questo cielo grigio dimenticato
fisso la terra e prendo il volo

guardo indietro sono solo
ma non temo questo rullo di tamburo

  ed assorto nella mia infinita intimità
migro verso il selvatico
santuario che salverà la mia anima
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bajo este olvidado cielo gris
miro el suelo e inicio el vuelo

respondo una llamada lejana
de un merecido éxodo solitario

mínimos espacios cuánticos
  libertad de los primeros momentos
voces y luces en los labios de un niño
eso agarra la vida y la paz del seno del mundo

bajo este olvidado cielo gris
miro la tierra e inicio el vuelo

me doy vuelta, estoy solo
pero no temo este rollo
  de tambor

   y absorto en mi infinita intimidad
migro a la naturaleza
santuario que mi alma salvará
...

sous ce ciel gris oublié
Je regarde le sol et commence le vol

Je réponds à un appel distant
d'un exode solitaire bien mérité

espaces quantiques minimaux
   la liberté des premiers instants
voix et lumières sur les lèvres d'un enfant
qui saisit la vie et la paix du sein du monde

sous ce ciel gris oublié
Je regarde la terre et je commence le vol

Je me retourne, je suis seul
mais je ne crains pas ce rouleau
   tambour

    et absorbé dans mon intimité infinie
Je migre vers la nature
sanctuaire que sauvera mon âme

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