“Home is not where you live but where they understand you.”
– Christian Morgenstern
“You need a village, if only for the pleasure of leaving it. A village means that you are not alone, knowing that in the people, the trees, the earth, there is something that belongs to you, waiting for you when you are not there.” – Casare Pavese
Sachant j’appartiens
Joyeux anniversaire
Yes! Today is the day
Anniversaire
Of my birth
Or re-birth
For those who
Cannot comprehend
When LIVING
Began
Yes. There were
All those decades
In captivity
Ces états fracturée appelé
Amérique
It may work for some
But my internal compass
My north star
Was always Europe
Arriving in France
Pieces became accessible
The puzzle came together
Coming home
Knowing it was home
Before ever arriving
Mon village dans
Le Corbières
Depuis ce premier jour Jeanne prend mon bras,
Guiding my way
The welcome mat
Was waiting
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Bisous,
Léa
