In early January I found myself caught up, completely by accident, in the first “Mouvement Des Gilets Jaunes” of 2019 in Lille, France. Later on, in March, I found myself in another Yellow Jacket protest, this time not-so by accident, in Marseille. Enclosed are some photographs of what I saw over both protests. by Max Curtis

  

Washing the walls of ego convictionsIn self-made fortress of private prisonsMediating between conscious fearsAnd matrix mazes of tears Walking pavements of bladesShining images of broken wordsPlaying old sounds, with each drop it fadesStreets showing new paths, truth swords Cutting invisible chainsBleeding lies in soul drainsShedding layers of earthly painsMoving forward, soaked in cosmic rains...