Cette enseignante de 34 ans est une rêveuse. À travers son dernier livre, un recueil de nouvelles intitulé Tales from this world and other ones et publié récemment, elle amène les lecteurs à s’évader dans d’autres mondes. Ce qui ne l’empêche pas de proposer des textes plus terre à terre, comme ce poème où elle évoque la beauté de son île.
Faced with the beauty of the island I’ve birthed
My pride, my ego and my negativity
All melt into gentle flows of honey
Flowing from the core of my soul
Pouring into those having cupped hands
Standing nearby, willing to accept the same sweetness
Inside their hearts!
Faced with the majesty of the scintillating blue ocean
The masses of green valleys
The exquisite coolness of the wintery sun
Why, I can help it not
I have to bite my lips
And thank the gods for having allowed me
To live in such a place
Where it would seem that
Fairies and elves
Enjoy their existence while mocking us humans
For being so ignorant as to have our gazes
Focused solely on toils, duties, responsibilities,
All which shall matter only as long as we shall inhabit human bodies!
Why, if living on earth implies having duties to accomplish
So as to repay the dues of our punishment
Then, I do have to bow down to the higher powers
As to have allowed me opportunities to enjoy
The grace of such a show of nature at its best
While I do carry the weight of my sins on my shoulders!
Pray, someday, when my mortal self shall turn into dust,
Someday, if the gods would have me not by their sides
I shall ask to be made into wind
And I shall overpower the expanse of such beauty
Simply by being!
ANOUCHEKA GANGABISSOON