He looked at you
Then he smiled at me
For so long
He hadn't said anything

There was almost a century
That separated you
Down his cheek
A tear was falling

He took you in his arms
In a burst of laughter
You, baby, you took his finger
As if to hold him back

Then he spoke to you
About this past life
He told you
Yours that was beginning

All your angers
All your sorrows, your joys
Your most beautiful wars
Those that are not won

And then his eyes settled
Gently on each one
And each of us read there
A few words for tomorrow

To live in order to relive
That's your only duty
The one to speak to stay free
The one of your memory

His eyes sang thank you, thank you
I'm no longer afraid to leave

And then comes Céline
The one he loved so much
She only loved him
For sixty-two years

He looked at her
No need for words
His eyes told her
Don't delay too much

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