In my sunflower garden

I mean between the two sunflowers in our front yard

I was laying on my back

watching the sky,

It was cloudy that day.

The clouds were acutely gray.

Foam, floating, flowing, flying high.

Their different shapes sizes and grays,

made my eyes and mind see sheep ,dragons ,cotton candy ,faces and even snails.

So I loudly said:

Thank you clouds for making my sky beautiful today

Then I heard,

I hate them ,the clouds.

They are hiding our sun;

the sunflowers furiously replied.

Confused, I smiled

I remembered that we’re all evil in someone’s eyes

Even if we bring the water,

that without it everything dries, dies.

Younes Aomari, also known by his stage name "Otakuflow" , is a 21 year old Moroccan spoken word poet and public speaker. Currently pursuing his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Design at Zhejiang Normal University (China). He's the community manager of Moroccan Poets and host of "mic مفتوح" one of the first weekly poetry open mics in North Africa, he's also a member of the collective union that organized D'KLAM Morocco's poetry slam 2022, the first poetry slam organized fully by Moroccan artists. He’s been published in the Space City Underground literary magazine and by the Paris lit up association .