Today I went into the folder
of my collection of quotes.
I used to pick them
like poppies in the field,
like mangoes of a tree.
They waited for me
in the shadow of the pages
and rejoiced in being seen.
Ten years, or may be more,
have passed since those days.
And when I began to read
my collection of quotes
I realized where it came from-
The me I am today.
My thinking, my concerns
my sadness and my hopes
my urge to connect,
my awakened soul.
Today, I looked at these names…
the minds that conceived those thoughts,
and I saw the pieces of the past
flying back into the shape
of who I am, today,
like a movie in reverse.
The sum of all those sages
connected in me: a human collage.
I will carry your voice
the best I can.
I.Rimanoczy , 2020