Hope to see you soon – meeting a person again after a certain time – takes on its own meaning here at this intermediate place, new thoughts and feelings.
Many people are here on the square for several days. Through short encounters at the technical bus, through medical treatment, through longer conversations or simply because I have seen some people on several days at the square, some people have become somewhat familiar to me. Seeing them again the following day, however, is not associated with joy here.
To see them again means that people could not continue their way, they were prevented from continuing their journey by the police, often by force, or they could not walk further because of painful wounds.
If I do not see them again it means – hopefully – that the respective person has managed to take another step, to overcome another border and to reach the place of life they have chosen for themselves. Hopefully.
Hope to not see you soon.
