FEAR OF FLYING

It’s been a few years since I wrote this… I wanted to change something… but I’ll just leave it as it is.

FEAR OF FLYING

Paris-Montreuil 2022

Grey house at the end of the strange street
For those who are not so nice and sweet
Tall smoke from the chimney
Rises toward the red sky

I wish I could fly tonight

The taxi is late again
The night is long
Someone is weak
Someone is strong
Trains pass above the shiny restaurants
Infants bawl loudly again
Behind the orange window

I wish I could cry
I wish I could cry

Maybe... I don’t want to fly tonight

Glassy-eyed people gather
Around the grey building
Someone threw himself under the train
I see in the sky a burning plane
Above a yellow crane

I wish I could cry
I wish I could cry
I don’t want to fly tonight

The taxi did not come
Something strange is happening
Umbrellas start falling from the sky
I’m going home soon
Alone with the moon

I wish I could cry
I wish I could cry
I don’t want to fly tonight