To Go Lightly
–Ángela Hernández NúñezIn innocence, eternity is possible.
But I have loved in haste,
with the attentiveness of objects that fly away.
I find myself saying, close the doors.
I find myself saying, love you ought to leave.
I find myself touching lines in the stone.I think about the women who waited,
not for Ulysses, but for ordinary men.
Those who laid siege to cities,
beyond the great width
of their own hearts.I have loved after and during the storm.
I carry a burden of light:
it turns the air to ashes.
Translation
Andar ligero
