Without Any Noise

This video captures a unique moment :
When the planet held its breath,
and we all learned.

What it means to be alone,
what it means to be together,
what it means to be silent,
what absence truly means.

Big cities emptied of all souls
Empty commercial streets
Deserted roads

Nature reclaims its rights,
Timidly at first, then with confidence.

Birds sing louder
In the newfound silence.
Deer cross the boulevards,
Foxes explore abandoned parks.
Grass grows between the cobblestones,
Flowers bloom on forgotten terraces.

The world finally breathes.

Children look through windows
At these streets that seem foreign to them,
These spaces they can no longer tread,
Having become spectators of their own city.

Behind every closed shutter,
Lives suspended,
Dreams put on pause,
Stories waiting to resume.

And in this deafening silence,
Humanity learns
To rediscover time,
To hear again its own beating heart.

Screens light up,
New windows to the world,
Fragile but essential links
Between isolated souls.

Without any noise.