Further off is the measured force the word of the sea by Edouard Maunick

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Further off is the measured force the word of the sea

Further without leeway for the blueing shoulders of the horizon

harm is born of the light

when it capsizes under the voyages’ assault

when it watches oblivion like a beast

and seeks the shipwreck of ten-year-old villages

conclusive shifts of time in exile

further off is risk without defeat

the ever renewed patience of the shadow

to find words beyond language

further the serpent in the blood

broken by all the betrayals

victories of voluntary resignation

I did not leave in order to forget

I am mulatto

the Indian ocean will never give way to the city of today

but harm compromises in me harm however come by

I repeat further off to stain the liquid mirrors

to cross a threshold where you await me since the poem