Since Then

 

 

Arid desert of pure sand

under a hot sun that burns my skin

my aching body wanders

in the black cape of darkness

my face wrinkled under a sea of tears

 

My empty arms

embrace the wind of solitude

but how do I tell you, my sweetheart,

how I have been dying unable to love

and in the empty sheets, the scent of you,

still present - caressing my body

the thought of you is still the very all

that quenches my thirst.

 

My lips kiss you as when I was young

between your caresses you made me a woman

after years and in cold unwanted arms

faking passion that my aching body

dared taste … I have been slowly dying

 

I feel you and you are in my thoughts

Each day I remember your smile and your eyes

Your arms that I will never feel again

That teary farewell we both endured

Scarred my destiny, my way

I lost my youth and with it the light in my eyes

under the palm trees of that impetuous good-bye

 

The fire in my body and zest of life

left in the scent of your skin

and of that once young girl

nothing in this woman remains

loving you so much without feeling your arms

without hearing your voice

depleting my strength, sinister old age

and death which I await with such fervor

nears my deathbed … at such a slow pace

I stretch my arms towards that abysmal

with the only wish of seeing you again.

 

 

By Irma Luz Medina

  Photo: www.artliquidation.com

 

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