À l’heure du tout à l’image et du buzz sans suite, «l’express» souhaite faire découvrir la plume de poètes, de chanteurs,d’écrivains et de tous ceux qui jettent leur âme sur le papier, et qui mettent en mots des réflexions profondes.

I dwelt in darkness

and in the shadow of death

like a prisoner in misery and chains.

But the darkness was not dark to me,

and the night was as bright as day.

In the shadow I sat with great delight,

and the fruit was sweet to my taste.

I saw no difference

between darkness and light.

When the darkness entices me,

I hear:

Come with us,

let us lie in wait for blood,

let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause,

let us swallow you up alive in the grave,

let us go together.

Until the day breathes

and the shadow flees,

I am like a gazelle,

a young stag

on the cleft mountains.

(Psalm 107:10; Psalm 139:12; Songs 2:3;

Proverbs 1:10-13; Songs 2:17)

Bio

Dr Keren Venkaya Poliah

A writer, researcher, and lecturer at the University of Salford (UK) who misses the warmth of Mauritius.