Escúchame - un poema

Hear Me - a poem

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cuando las estrellas tocan el cielo

yo quisiera estar ahi contigo,

en la oscuridad, en la paz,

en todo lo que me necesitas,

cuando el sol toca las nubes, ahí estaré,

a lado tuyo, mano a mano,

sin fallarte

por escucharte, daría todo de mi parte

pero cuando ya me canse

quisiera verte dar un avance

si quisieras seguir,

podríamos juntos, adelante

pero no separes los planetas y la luna

por que estar sin una

sería abandonarte

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translation:

when the stars touch the sky

I’d like to be by your side

in the darkness, in the peace,

everywhere you need me

when the sun touches the clouds, I’ll be there

next to you, hand in hand,

without fail

to hear you, I’d give everything of me,

but when I finally get tired

I’d like to see you try

if you’d want to continue,

we could, go ahead

but don’t separate the planets and the moon

because being without one

would be abandoning you

photographed by me, may 2024

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I think that unfortunately this is the first poem I’ve ever written in Spanish, which is a shame because I should’ve been doing it sooner. It’s a kind of testament to how I’m finding different avenues to explore my heritage and honor my culture. That being said, I don’t think the English translation captures the poem entirely well... I wish authentic translation was easier and I admire authors who trust others with such a daunting and delicate task. On another note, I feel like writing poetry about the cosmos is something everyone does at least once, but if you speak another language, I’d say try it again in that language instead :). As always thanks for reading and I hope you found something useful <3

p.s I can’t believe that moon picture was just sitting in my camera roll abandoned and unknown

- love you, michelle