Many thanks to Sophie !
To
leave is running away from and jumping into.
It’s
a long circumambulation until reaching the inner self, a straight
line to the others.
To
leave is to light one’s back and soul, to refuse to
carry
the superfluous, either onward or inside.
It’s
to have only one’s flesh to protect and to give, triple flesh,
bones, smile and soul.
To
leave is believing that difference still exists, that the
conditioning and the uniformity of common living hasn’t stained
everything yet.
To
leave is to get lost until we forget our own shapes, to then rebuild
and redraw us infinitely.
To
leave is to admit that we know nothing, and that we’ll have to
relearn everything.
By
train, by bus or by foot, to leave is to run for the debris of our
dreams…
To
deduct the instant, the only precious thing that really belongs to
us, and rebuild our unity.
Translation
by Stan Khan for Sophie . . .
Sophie :