The Mirage Of Moving Light

Beethoven: 9th Symphony






Dreams rise
in the darkness
and catch fire
from the mirage
of moving light.
What happens
on the screen
isn't quite real;
it leaves open
a vague cloudy space
for the poor,
for dreams
and the dead.
Hurry hurry,
cram yourself
full of dreams
to carry you through
the life that's
waiting for you outside,
when you leave here,
to help you last
a few days more
in that nightmare
of things and people.
Among the dreams,
choose the ones
most likely
to warm your soul.
I have to confess that
I picked the sexy ones.
No point in being proud;
when it comes to miracles,
take the ones
that will stay with you.
--Louis-Ferdinand Céline