The rain marks the rhythm of our sighs,
one by one they draw the clock of your sadness
– counter clockwise –
your past weighs on you; your future gifts me a kiss.
Screams of silences and songs of respites.I can feel in your stare ephemeral tears,
that were never written by your pen
– ink bathed in your unknown beauty –
you can spill it all in a thousand ways and a thousand airs.
My pages mix with your scars; they overwhelm.Your voice has inspired me dreams and verses,
never have I wanted to shush something as much as I want to hear it
– and you hear how my mind has been destroyed –
there's waters you calm down, there's fires you burn.
There's only one name in my eyes and I'm starting to love it.And it blinds me, and it shuts my eyelids with its kiss,
and it covers my bent lips of tender laughter
– at midnight I'm born again –
and my new life tangles and is crazy hereafter,
and your moments of fragility: music to my ears.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ORIGINAL VERSION IN SPANISH
Relojes
La lluvia marca el ritmo de nuestros suspiros,
Uno por uno dibujan el reloj de tu tristeza
-- a contrarreloj --
tu pasado te pesa; tu futuro me besa.
Gritos de silencios y canciones de respiros.Puedo sentir en tu mirada lágrimas efémeras,
que nunca fueron escritas por tu pluma
-- tinta bañada en tu hermosura desconocida --
puedes derramarlo todo de mil modos y maneras.
Mi papel se mezcla con tus cicatrices; nos abruma.Tu voz me ha inspirado sueños y poemas,
nunca quise callar algo tanto como quiero escucharlo
-- y tú escuchas como mi mente ha sido destrozada --
hay aguas que calmas, hay fuegos que quemas.
Hay sólo un nombre en mis ojos y comienzo a adorarlo.Y me ciega, y me cierra los párpados con la boca,
y me palpa de risas tiernas los labios curveados
-- a medianoche vuelvo a nacer --
y mi nueva vida se enreda y se aloca,
y tus momentos de fragilidad: en mis oídos, cantados.
ESTÁS LEYENDO
Parenthesis
PoetryOne of two twin collections (the other one is Ampersand). This is an experiment. I've decided on a good number of music albums, will listen to them alone, with headphones, max volume, and write poetry to them. Thanks for reading. - ntk Estimated co...