Tuesday 13 February 2007

An invitation to answer a question

Beginning Speech.
That child I was
Came to me once
An unfamiliar face

He said nothing - we walked
Each glancing in silence at the other
One step
an alien river
Flowing
 
Our common origins
Brought us together
And we separated
A forest written by the earth
And told by the seasons
 
Child that I once was, advance
What now brings us together?
And what have we to say to each other?
 
Adonis (from Syria)

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