Things that I love

I love the tenacity of the rain

falling violently

cutting through the silence of stones,

The self-sacrificing rivers

entrusting their sweetness to the arms of the sea

I love the hand holding the pen,

to translate the enemy’s message,

and the irreversible amnesia of a mirror

because I’m always forgotten by its reflection

But above all

I love the courage of the eyes

unable to keep love silent,

condemned to a secret existence

Translated by Elizabeth Grech

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