Landscapes

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because... a landscape is only beautiful in person.

when it becomes a memory,
its image is only a scribbled lovenote
whose immensity no one will ever comprehend


A LOS 23 ANOS...

a los 23 años yo vi,

desnudo,

el cielo.

la luz había caido debajo de sus pies

con su ropa sucia y arrugada

atrás del horizonte.


millones de diamantes

engarzados tiritaban

con la humedad de su respiro

y el vacío lleno

de su omnipresencia

como en la nieve queda el hueco

calido y solitario

de un lobo vagabundo…


la tierra soplaba

y yo en mi espalda

un bicho atrapado

la vi vestirse otra vez

rescatando lagrimas cometas

escondiendo dedo por dedo

su belleza cruda

con la llegada del sol


(En los Andes de Bolivia, 2006)







Comments

“Tlanextli." said…
Dormire, pensando en lo lindo de este pensamiento, me hara sonar bonito, :-) y tan solo a los 23 imagina lo que sera en unos pocos anos......
September 24, 2008 at 11:29 PM
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