I don't matter.
I've never mattered to anyone
I don't matter
No one's waiting for me
And I wait for no one
I could have been a light in the night
I could have been a beacon in the dark
I could have been the shepherd's star
To find my way in the darkness
Of the blue moon
Who looks at me tonight
and for whom I matter
For once in my life
I can count on her
I count 1,2,3
And here I am
Ready to pick it up again for me
And for you too
You who look at me tonight by the moonlight
I can count on you
I can count on you
Blue glow
In the middle
of the indigo ocean
Aby M.
PARADISE HELL
When you offer your hatred
you open the gates of Hell
When you offer your tears
you open the gates of Paradise
When you give your rage
You nourish the fruits of Hell
When you give your joy
You beautify the flowers of Hell
When you give your trust
You nourish the air of Paradise
When you give your love
You destroy Hell from Heaven
For yes, even in Paradise
It's often Hell
Aby M.
I am a mango
I'm crazy about mangoes
So I'm crazy about me
Aby M.
Getting to say it
In this real life
Even if we said it
To each other
Without saying it
To each other
While saying it
To each other.
Aby M.
Legs in fragments
And yet I move forward
straight to the sun
Aby M.
From my window
The sky and the earth
Hang the crazy bubbles!
From my window
The day and the night
Always rise late!
From my window
The wind and the rain
Like to lift the green Lady!
From my window
The cries and the hey
Surf on the screaming skips!
From my window
The neighbour's huge ass
Hangs all over the place!
For dancing on Friday night
From my window
A little pierrot comes to say hello
When the weather is fine!
And sleeps with me sometimes
From my window
Two lovebirds tear off their wings
And devour the remains of their love!
Saturday night dance of death
From my window
The bluesy voice of my neighbour merrily blends
With the laughing clicks!
Of a beautiful salsa girl
From my window
The ice cream truck goes by
Even on rainy days!
Persistent music clicks
So bring your strawberry under my window
We'll eat ice cream while listening to the rain and the sun
From my window!
Aby M.
Jersey City - New York, 1st May 2022
The moon likes to hide
to arouse the yearning for life
Longing of Longing
Life in urge
Aby M.
In this world
When you are a victim
Everyone expects only one thing
From you
Your disappearance
Because every time
You scream
Reminds
Them
That they remind
Them
That they did nothing
They just watched
The stoning
With a shot of silence
It is not the stones that kill
It's the silence
It is not the stones that tear
It's the indifference
It is not the stones that breathe
It's the impatience
To leave a world that only
Listens to music
of Unconsciousness
Aby M.
Make as you feel it
In the sense of your feel
Without forgetting sense
Fais comme tu le sens
Dans le sens de tes sens
Sans oublier le sens
Aby M.
Write, all right ?
Right, all write ?
Yes, if you write you will be always right :o)
Aby M.
Spending time being reborn
in a drop of water
it's topical !
Aby M.
Idea is not to drive you crazy
But let's go crazy
Z'lotoï
Aby M.
Need to spread out
is stronger than
Desire to get along
Aby M.
Besoin de s'étendre
est plus fort que
Désir de s'entendre
Aby M. (french)
I believed I saw you
at the top
of Carteret Street
Beloved*
But it wasn't you
Just the inspiration of you
I thought I saw you
at the end
of Ocean Avenue
Chinaski*
But it wasn't you
Just a whiff of you
I walked to Liberty Park
And I saw you
In a ray of sunlight
Bandini*
But it wasn't you
Just a shadow of you
I thought I saw you
On the boat
With your laughing eyes
Manolin*
But it wasn't you
Just the sea
that remembered you
And there at last
I saw you
My Little Prince*
on your cloud-tree
This time it's safe
I see you
Aby M.
P.S.*** :
Beloved is Toni Morrison's character in Beloved
Chinaski is Charles Bukowski's Character
Bandini is Arturo Bandini's character
Manolin is Ernest Hemingway's character in The old man and the sea
The Little Prince is Antoine de Saint Exupéry's character in The Little Prince
A seagull flies away
Non-stop direct
Straight to the ocean
Aby M.
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