Jack Slater
Fuentes, Carlos. “Pages 26-27.” Aura. Trans. Lysander Kemp. New York : Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1965. Print.
Vivir la luz
de la veladoras
Los ojos cerrados
vuelven la calma verde
Ojos verdes
Ojos verdes que has conocido
o podrás conocer
Voy a vivir
This is us:
blind eyes,
closed hands,
eyes afraid
of light…
eyes that surge
like a wave
eyes like
[a] landscape.
Yes.
I’m [life].
Me encantan tus poemas encontrados. Me gusta el verso «los ojos cerrados vuelven la calma verde» porque me hace pensar en Lorca.
The lines
«This is us:
blind eyes,
closed hands,
eyes afraid
of light…»
are also exquisite. Beautiful work.
I really like «eyes that surge/ like a wave/eyes like/ [a] landscape»! And also it’s a good contrast (or comparison, perhaps?) between «blind eyes…afraid of light» above it.