I accepted the silence
to protect her
while she positioned herself
as a barrier
between him and us
from a whispered sentence
she made me understand
a few words are enough
to initiate
the fatal gesture
the threat had been explicit
pointed at her head
she had promised
she would never leave
neither her prison
nor her jailer
she would never speak
of this promise
he pulled the trigger
to seal the agreement
with a hollow seal
in the concrete floor
when the fragments of the floor
whirled around
like so many possibilities
shattered
we became statues
now motionless
in an invisible cloister
we learned
to feign
normality
to pretend
under the incessant rain of insults
amused smiles
to avert our gaze
when he pointed his
disgusted
at our bodies
which he liked to ridicule
the shapes and gestures
we waited
she
close to the monster
every night
and me
taking refuge far from her
far from this house
where we died
at the same time
since then
I wonder
if the detonation
has not abolished everything
if I have imagined
an entire life, improbable
in a fraction of a second
composed of benevolent relationships
of creation
of survival
these words may be
those of a phantom atom
dreaming of a time
that will never be
its own
3D modeling | digital images | text :
KAROLINE GEORGES
