Raison d’être

I love you so much
You are my raison d’être
What am I? a man?

Yes, more than a man
But a prisoner of love:
Can't live without you

Desire's poison
Once it's inside it's unseen;
And it kills slowly

RAFT PULLED BY BOAT

Waves tumbling slowly
Then violently with passion,
Splashing me wholly

Two columns open 
And the raft speeds through
And then it's swollen

A foamy layer
Is pulled behind like a tail
Like stormy prayer.

Oh, it's fun to ride
A raft pulled behind a boat
Sailing through the tide

SLEEP TIME

It is time to sleep

Even though the night is young

And there’s work to do

MORNING, NIGHT, NOON

The morning is young,
but the night us very old,
the afternoon noon is youthful.

LIFe

LIFE

It is time to breathe

The fresh air with open lungs

And feel it inside

Life’s mysterious

Yet we live it every day

With little effort

Few, if any, know

The hidden meaning of life--

Billions have lived it

Toi que j'aimais

Toi que j'aimais, avec toute ma force,
toute mon courage, toute ma vigeur; 
ne pourais-jamais te le dire
Plus que dans mes rêves?

peut-être non:

tu sera comme toutes les femmes
que j'ai aimé;
perdue
au fond de ma mémoire:
où tu me hantera
jour et nuit--

oh, timidité!
toi qui me dérobe
toute la dignité

MY HEART BLEEDS

Oh, Africa my heart bleeds
As if stabbed by a blade and the blood won't stop pouring out;
and it pours down like a lake
that drowns me in lamentation; oh Africa!
My heart bleeds; for all the pain and sorrow
that you beget, so much so as if there's no tomorrow
oh, my heart bleeds!

But oh, Africa my heart beats
with joy so much so that it begins to mend ;
for all the hope that you pour into my hear;
for there's no place like Africa!
a place for resilience! hope! courage!
Oh Africa; my heart bleeds no more!