(Photo and copyright by Laurent Reiz)
Paris of the nocturnal pull
the current of sweat and illumination
stone walls and a thousand steps
of longing following
the Seine in your tears.
Of chance and calculation
the broken mirror
and shuttered windows
Paris of darkened kisses clutched
in a constellation of night.
Waiting and taking
Paris of the unraveled you
leave behind where you have thrown
only yourself
wandering your revel
asking for everything.
~ Claire Sykes
Welcome home, Gerard.
© 2011 by Claire Sykes. All rights reserved.
(Thanks to Alex in Milano for the postcard.)
August 12, 2011
