Paradise Lost (Bab Ftouh, Fes)

from G2G2G (Gate to Gate to Gate) by Paula Jeanine Bennett

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BAB FTOUH: PARADISE LOST (PJB)

So this is the gate I stand at the gate
And enter the city of longing
Not even my love can find me
In this place you walk alone

Some were born here, and they never leave
It becomes a nesting place
Those streets that know their stories
Some hope to leave one day

Some have learned here, pursued a dream
Some have been pursued
And never told their stories
Will they be told one day?

Gate of forgotten history
Gate of a new memory
Paradise lost to mortar and time
Gate of great symmetry
Gate of new identity
Two hands enfolding
Held with a sigh
Soldiers and sellers
Smokers and singers
To the north
To the east
To the sea
To the mountains

So this is the gate I stand at the gate
And enter the city of longing

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from G2G2G (Gate to Gate to Gate), released August 22, 2021

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Paula Jeanine Bennett Brooklyn, New York

Paula Jeanine Bennett is a multidisciplinary artist with a deep and soulful commitment to the creative path;
an American original with a global focus. She has done projects in India, Morocco, Italy and Indonesia, often collaborating with diverse communities as a cultural arts activist.  Paula is also a staff musician at both the Juilliard and Ailey Schools.

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