Othmane El Jadid
"Don't worry too much, that's how you'll end up getting hurt", I said without looking over at my shoulder.
The kid stared with his bright eyes sparkling with tears, and sweaty shaking hands which couldn't handle their first abandonment. I looked over to realize my advice wasn't for him but rather for me: I realized that no matter how much we grew up we're still that kid in the playground waiting for a mommy that will never arrive. I realized that life isn't all sugar and candy like we once dreamed it would be, but rather tears and blood drips. I walked towards him and proceeded: "Worrying makes it tough, and bad things will happen regardless of how good of a person you are! Maybe you never skip classes and are saving up extra cash for the needy, maybe recycling even; but when bad news hit, the mail man wouldn't skip your door step.
Life was never meant to be the playground of Adam and Eve, but the test to their love. It was never meant to be dances in the rain, rather teachings of the circumstances for us to slow dance in the heart of the storm.
We're the kids of abandonment, the children born from the hunger of times. We were eaten raw as kids and we never knew the taste of rest. As restless as we may be, we learned to love our bruises and the cigarettes burns on our backs.
Look at me, kid, and remember that no matter how much you worry about her and him, they'll never stay, even if you're good; that's just how life works! No matter how long you wait for them in the rain or protect them from the heat, they'll leave! If they don't, you'll grow to realize that they left from the inside and that you've been living only with their ghost!
I would love to be the optimistic with you, kid, but I'm no such person. I'm the stoic to your fragile heart, and I'm the maturity to your warm tears on your sleepless nights. You'll never like me nor want me but.." –I looked deeply into his eyes, "but you'll be me."
No matter how old we are, no matter how far we are, even if you don't want to become the adult that’s dead inside, abandonment and hardship will teach you to be the boring lifeless adult you'll eventually become."
I looked at him, and realized it was me all along. I gave him a hug as deep as all the oceans in the world, and then I left to let the days make him the man I am today.
The kid stared with his bright eyes sparkling with tears, and sweaty shaking hands which couldn't handle their first abandonment. I looked over to realize my advice wasn't for him but rather for me: I realized that no matter how much we grew up we're still that kid in the playground waiting for a mommy that will never arrive. I realized that life isn't all sugar and candy like we once dreamed it would be, but rather tears and blood drips. I walked towards him and proceeded: "Worrying makes it tough, and bad things will happen regardless of how good of a person you are! Maybe you never skip classes and are saving up extra cash for the needy, maybe recycling even; but when bad news hit, the mail man wouldn't skip your door step.
Life was never meant to be the playground of Adam and Eve, but the test to their love. It was never meant to be dances in the rain, rather teachings of the circumstances for us to slow dance in the heart of the storm.
We're the kids of abandonment, the children born from the hunger of times. We were eaten raw as kids and we never knew the taste of rest. As restless as we may be, we learned to love our bruises and the cigarettes burns on our backs.
Look at me, kid, and remember that no matter how much you worry about her and him, they'll never stay, even if you're good; that's just how life works! No matter how long you wait for them in the rain or protect them from the heat, they'll leave! If they don't, you'll grow to realize that they left from the inside and that you've been living only with their ghost!
I would love to be the optimistic with you, kid, but I'm no such person. I'm the stoic to your fragile heart, and I'm the maturity to your warm tears on your sleepless nights. You'll never like me nor want me but.." –I looked deeply into his eyes, "but you'll be me."
No matter how old we are, no matter how far we are, even if you don't want to become the adult that’s dead inside, abandonment and hardship will teach you to be the boring lifeless adult you'll eventually become."
I looked at him, and realized it was me all along. I gave him a hug as deep as all the oceans in the world, and then I left to let the days make him the man I am today.
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"Ne t'inquiète pas trop, c'est comme ça que tu finiras par te blesser",
L'enfant fixait ses yeux brillants pétillant de larmes, et ses mains tremblantes et moites qui n'avaient pas supporté leur premier abandon. Je me suis rendu compte que mon conseil n'était pas pour lui mais plutôt pour moi : J'ai réalisé que peu importe combien nous avons grandi, nous sommes toujours cet enfant dans la cour de récréation qui attend une maman qui n'arrivera jamais. J'ai réalisé que la vie n'est pas que du sucre et des bonbons comme nous l'avions rêvé, mais plutôt des larmes et des gouttes de sang. J'ai marché vers lui et j'ai continué : "S'inquiéter rend les choses difficiles, et de mauvaises choses arriveront, même si tu es quelqu'un de bien ! Peut-être que tu ne sèches jamais les cours et que tu économises de l'argent pour les nécessiteux, peut-être même que tu recycles ; mais quand les mauvaises nouvelles arrivent, le facteur ne se dérobe pas à ta porte.
La vie n'était pas censée être le terrain de jeu d'Adam et Eve, mais le test de leur amour. Elle n'était pas censée être une danse sous la pluie, mais plutôt un enseignement des circonstances pour que nous puissions danser un slow au cœur de la tempête.
Nous sommes les enfants de l'abandon, les enfants nés de la faim des temps. Nous avons été mangés tout crus dans notre enfance et nous n'avons jamais connu le goût du repos. Aussi agités que nous puissions être, nous avons appris à aimer nos bleus et les brûlures de cigarettes sur notre dos.
Regarde-moi, petit, et souviens-toi que peu importe combien tu t'inquiètes pour elle et lui, ils ne resteront jamais, même si tu es bon ; c'est ainsi que fonctionne la vie ! Peu importe combien de temps tu les attends sous la pluie ou les protèges de la chaleur, ils partiront ! S'ils ne partent pas, vous vous rendrez compte qu'ils sont partis de l'intérieur et que vous n'avez vécu qu'avec leur fantôme !
J'aimerais être l'optimiste avec toi, petit, mais je ne le suis pas. Je suis le stoïque de ton cœur fragile, et je suis la maturité de tes larmes chaudes pendant tes nuits blanches. Tu ne m'aimeras jamais, ni ne me voudras, mais..." -Je l'ai regardé profondément dans les yeux, "mais tu seras moi."
Quel que soit notre âge, quelle que soit la distance qui nous sépare, même si tu ne veux pas devenir l'adulte mort à l'intérieur, l'abandon et les épreuves t'apprendront à être l'adulte ennuyeux et sans vie que tu finiras par devenir."
Je l'ai regardé, et j'ai réalisé que c'était moi depuis le début. Je l'ai serré dans mes bras aussi profondément que tous les océans du monde, puis je suis partie pour laisser les jours faire de lui l'homme que je suis aujourd'hui.
Traduit par la rédaction de L'ODJ /Salma Chaoui