
Hello. It’s me, Ketty.
I don’t know where you are right now,
but I decided to write to you.
I love walking through cities.
Sometimes for a long time.
Sometimes just a little.
I don’t always know where I’m going.
Sometimes I choose a place because it has a beautiful name.
Sometimes because there’s a strange staircase.
Sometimes because the rain starts
and it feels as if it’s calling me.
I don’t look the way adults do.
I look at cracks, at shadows,
at windows that seem to know something.
I listen to how a place sounds.
Some places whisper.
Some stay silent.
And some begin to tell their stories right away.
When I arrive at a very beautiful place,
I stand still first.
Then I walk around it.
Then I touch it with my eyes.
Sometimes I have nothing to say.
Then I simply remember
how the morning smelled
and what color the sky was between the houses.
And then I write a postcard.
Not a long one.
Not about everything.
Only about what stayed with me.
Sometimes it becomes words.
Sometimes almost a poem.
Sometimes just a feeling
I don’t want to lose.
I will keep traveling.
Without a route.
Without the “right” answers.
And every time a place touches me,
you will receive a postcard from me.
Postcards don’t follow schedules.
Sannata