"C'est sur qu'on vit de justesse (One just lives narrowly)

C'est sur qu'on vit sans façon (One lives unceremoniously)

J'arrive à toi par miracle (I come to you by miracle)

Après de longues années (After many long years)

Après des siècles d'obstacles (After centuries of obstacles)"

-J'arrive à toi, Carla Bruni.

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Do you see me?

I'm here.

Can you hear me?

I'm lost.

.

Many a dream I've stood here,

At the edge of your consciousness

Tasting for myself the air that you breathe

Nothing in hand to tether me to my origins.

.

The lights, the people

Their hustle and bustle

Of coming and going

Today they are real,

I am here...

but where are you?

Have I misplaced you at baggage claim?

Are you a placard at the arrival deck?

Do I step outside?

Will I meet you there?

.

I stand at the sliding glass doors,

heart not daring to go forward

For if five centimeters and five thousand miles are one and the same,

A soul will wander for eternity

.

I stand at the sliding glass doors

Heart cannot move away.

It only knows to want you

And I know not how to teach it otherwise.

.

"Madame, est-toi Rebecca?"

It was a butterfly whisper over my shoulder.

I turn.

.

Perhaps you are mute as well as deaf.

Or maybe the words you speak fall foreign to my ears

So you have sent me one other

One my mind, rather than soul, can understand.

.

He shines his phone in my face.

A picture of me gracing it's screen

"You are the girl."

I nod.

.

I'm sorry I doubted you

You must forgive me,

For the land I came from

Doesn't know yet

Of souls and the things they need

.

"Are you from Paris?"
I ask.

.

The man, your man, sighs

Sharp features

Raven hair

Round eyes

All for naught,

They carry none of what you do...

Or rather none of what I imagine you to.

.

He speaks,

scowls.

"I'm from the agency."

.

Relief.

"I'm glad."

Even if that means I must find you on my own.

~~~~~

la venue = the arrival.

Translation of quote:

One just lives narrowly,

One lives unceremoniously,

I come to you by miracle

After many long years

After centuries of obstacles

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