[fragments & markers: from then to now]

Liberty.

On my school notebooks
On my desk and the trees
On the sand on the snow
I write your name

On all the pages that have been read
On all the pages that are blank
Blood paper stone or ash
I write your name

On the gilded images
On the arms of the warriors
On the crown of the kings
I write your name

On the jungle and the desert
On the nests on the bushes of broom
On the echo of my childhood
I write your name

On the marvels of the nights
On the white bread of the days
On the betrothed seasons
I write your name

On all the rags of azure
On the pond that mouldy sun
On the lake that moon full of life
I write your name

On the fields on the horizon
On the wings of the birds
And on the mill of shadows
I write your name

On every breath of dawn
On the sea on the boats
On the demented mountain
I write your name

On the foam of clouds
On the sweat of the storm
On the thick tasteless rain
I write your name

On the sparkling forms
On the bells of the colors
On the truth of bodies
I write your name

On the wakened paths
On the unfurled roads
On the overflowing market-places
I write your name

On the lamp being lit
On the lamp going out
On my houses all together
I write your name

On the fruit cut in two
My mirror and my bedroom
On my bed empty shell
I write your name

On my dog greedy and tender
On his trained ears
On his clumsy paw
I write your name

On that springboard my door
On the familiar objects
On the flood of blessed fire
I write your name

On all flesh that says yes
On the forehead of my friends
On each hand that is held out
I write your name

On the window of surprises
On the attentive lips
Far above silence
I write your name

On my demolished refuges
On my crumbled lighthouses
On the walls of my boredom
I write your name

On the absence without desire
On the naked solitude
On the footsteps of death
I write your name

On health that has returned
On the risk that has vanished
On hope without memory
I write your name

And through the power of a word
I start my life over
I am born to know who you are
To give you your name