the jasmin

Whether it's dusk
or dawn's first light
the jasmin stays
always white. 

balance

 He viajado, me he cansado y escrito poco
pero pensé mucho en el regreso, cuarenta años.
El hombre en todas las edades es un niño:
la ternura y la brutalidad de la cuna;
a lo demás le pone límite la mar, como a la orilla,
a nuestro abrazo y al eco de nuestra voz.

summer solstice

call the children back, and let them
sow the smoldering fields with ashes
they picked up along the way. In this way,
all that has passed over time will have passed
opportunely, and grow endurable.
Until even what has not yet taken place
is here for the taking. Which means it must catch fire
today at noon, spellbound as the sun
beating at the heart of the hundred-petaled rose.