Yes, you are angry,
and perhaps you have a right to be.
Life sometimes deals its wounds
unfairly, without reason.
There is the marriage that breaks down,
the family and its ingratitude,
the promises that have become silence,
the loyalties that have become habits.
There is the violence of men,
their bottomless stupidity,
the injustices that thrive
where good goes nowhere.
And then there is death,
which takes a loved one
and leaves in the hearts of the living
an absence that nothing can fill.
But perhaps even more terrible
than all the sorrows combined
is never having been loved,
or having let the love of one’s life slip away.
But I’m afraid of losing you.
To lose my life in your path
My dawn, and my sunset,
What would the universe and eternity matter to me then?
Then anger takes hold,
like a fire that refuses to die.
It gnaws at the days, consumes the nights,
and transforms the soul into memory.
Medicine sometimes calms the pain,
soothes the inner turmoil for a moment,
but there are deep wounds
that do not heal in the body alone.
So, step away for a moment
from the dust of human quarrels.
Leave behind the noise of the city,
its bustling crowds and its chains.
Walk under the immense sky,
breathe in the wind of the horizons.
Raise your eyes towards the deep night,
towards its three trillion galaxies in procession.
And remember that your sorrow,
however vast it may be today,
is but a passing wave
in the infinite ocean.
Perhaps one morning, still hidden,
at the turn of an ordinary day,
the sun of love will rise
on your land.
Then its light will flood you,
gently, without warning.
And every night you pass through
will give meaning to the future.
Then will come the time to leave,
as it does for every traveler.
And you will leave this life smiling,
reconciled with your heart.
Then you will say, in the silence:
« Despite the tears, despite the fighting,
despite the madness of men and the world,
it was worth being there. »
For I have known hope,
hoping ultimately, perhaps, for love.
Just a single ray of that light,
and I would leave this life smiling.
And I would say ‘it was worth it!’
to endure a thousand and one hellish nights
for just one single day of sunshine.
Hopefully…