„Do you really know what heaven, bliss is like?“, I asked you suddenly, and it must have been a frightening question, because at the same moment your book fell from your hand. „Of course not. Nobody knows, because even if there is this sky, no one can give information about how it looks there, because …
Where were you, His disciples, as He went down into the deepest of desolations? Where have you, His disciples, hidden you, trembling and fearful, when He died the death that embraces all others? Where have you been, Simon Peter, when He abandoned himself to inevitability? Where have you been, Simon Petrus, you rock that crumbles …
It was a few years ago that I was finally able to remove the glasses that I had been put on and strapped on at some point, the glasses that blinded the misery and suffering and fooled me into a perfect world and innocence, as well as trust in the people who explained me the …
Measured and quietly I approach you to kneel beside you, as you kneel, to meet you at the same eye level. I place my hand gently and respectfully on your shoulder and you twitch together under the unexpected touch. The pain and tears had limited your senses, so you did not notice my coming to …
„How beautiful you are, my little Nebou,“ Tamia thought over and over, holding her daughter in her arms, „you’re the most beautiful being in the world.“ And Tamia was just 16 when she got her first daughter, but that was not unusual where she lived, in a small village about an hour’s walk from Ouagadougou, …
„Eat the meat!“, she snapped, then mildly, almost gently, „It’s crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. The way you like it. Just as you like it, I have prepared it for you. Does not it taste you? It does not taste good! „, And her voice transformed from the melodious into a …
It was early morning when we found her, a small, white ball of wool with short, speckled ears that sat in the grass and did not run away. A rabbit. But why did not she run away? Why did not she even try to run away? After rabbit type. Carefully we picked her up. She …
