"Si tus caricias han de ser mias Y nadie mas"

 

I climb like a wolf towards the drifting moon

it is an egg, I am careful

it is crescent, like the curve of your neck as

it meets a shoulder

My lips quiver as a star crashes across the

border of all things unfair

we move closer, there is safety in numbers

You disappear, like a bad magic trick

i had only just begun to love you, my darling 

where did you go?

I was meant to caress your feathers,

give them breath so they would float

But I no longer wait for you, my dove

I simply write you these letters

in case you have forgotten how deeply

striations of love can run

 

they will never stop

You still watch me

if I know nothing else, I know that

 

this will never stop. 

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Sad, but Well Writ

"...a star crashes across the border of all things unfair..." is one fine line. I read a lot of poetry and go far to find such a nice phrase - well said! ~allets~


 

 

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I'll show you something

I'll show you something better... The title of this poem was taken from a song by chavela vargos called "Paloma Negra". Give it a listen, then look up the English translation of it. actually I will just paste it here and now. It's the most beautiful piece of writing I have ever seen:

 

I’m tired of weeping and yet there’s no sign of the sun
I no longer know whether to curse you or pray for you
I’m afraid to look for you and afraid to find you
Where my friends all tell me that you’ve gone
 
At times I feel like relinquishing the fight
And ripping out the nails that cause my pain
But my eyes are dying without looking into yours
And my affection returns to wait for you at dawn
 
And you decided on your own to find a party
Black dove, black dove, where are you?
Stop playing with my honor, party girl
Your caresses must be mine, and no one else’s
 
And though I love you madly, don’t come back to me
Black dove, you are the bars on this cage of suffering
I want to be free and live my life with whom I choose
Lord, give me strength for I’m dying to go find her
 

"It is a terrible thing to be so open. It is as if my heart put on a face and walked into the world" -- Sylvia Plath.