Bridges

No fatherland I choose knowing
the harbour where you reside
for always my guide
immaterial motherly presence
accompanying me on my paths
infallible certainty
defying your cruel death

Woman I am like you, lover
companion also
unconditionally daughter
and mother all the same

Your mother and then hers
passed on to me the precious treasures
of your timeless passions
stories of exiles, secret gardens
told so many times
now carry me as would
slender swallow wings

I retrace your erring, suffering
while rooting in your lives
and mine in parallel

Mother just like you,
I now transmit
to my daughter
the love and hope
of ever lasting principles
just as you did.

Myriam