Toi à Orly
Qu’importe ton retard de deux jours
A notre rendez-vous parisien !
L’essentiel c’est que tu sois venue.
Les dieux nous laissent
Le choix du lieu de rencontre,
Mais décident eux-mêmes
De l’heure et du jour.
Le matin où ton avion atterrit
Je ne voyais que toi à Orly
Auréolée d’un arc-en-ciel.
Quinze degrés Celsius à Paris
En cette période de l’année.
Qu’as-tu besoin de voir
La neige sur la ville ?
Contente-toi des jours ensoleillés,
Il ne fera jamais
Zéro degré dans notre cœur.
Clifford Ng Kwet Chan
* Published in print edition on 29 December 2017
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