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glassea Jun 2015
we are strangers in this world,
far from our homes in the night.

everything we touch burns.
at our core is the impossible
and it fascinates the beings we meet.

dying stars feel only peace.
human bodies are powerless against them
but they feel joygrieflovedespairmore.

we are fallen constellations
yet this backdrop of terra nova
is more beautiful than the sky.
stars will never fall
but, if they did...
glassea Jun 2015
i've been suicidal
for longer than
i've known the word
this is really self-indulgent and ****** but hey
glassea Jun 2015
yes, i move, i live, i make mistakes;
water that flows and blends, i feel
the fierce vertigo of movement:
smell the jungles, touch new earth.

yes, i move, i search for anything
suns, auroras, storms and forgetting.
why are you here wretched and worn?
you are the rock that i pass by.
Sí, yo me muevo, vivo, me equivoco;
agua que corre y se entremezcla, siento
el vértigo feroz del movimiento:
huelo las selvas, tierra nueva toco.

Sí, yo me muevo, voy buscando acaso
soles, auroras, tempestad y olvido.
¿Qué haces allí misérrimo y pulido?
Eres la piedra a cuyo lado paso.

-- Alfonsina Storni, ¿Y tú?

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THIS IS NOT MY WORK. all rights go to alfonsina storni, whose copyright status i couldn't find because she's argentinian, but she's also been dead for more than 70 years, so. please let me know if you have more detailed information about the publication of this poem in particular.

went for meaning more than structure. translating is hard. I WANT TO DO MORE.
also have i mentioned how much i adore storni? this is easily my favorite of her poems. tu me quieres blanca? nah, y tu.
maybe i'll do another one for rhythm etc.
glassea Jun 2015
i think i might be iphigenia.
everyone sacrifices me
for the "greater good".
glassea Jun 2015
take me by the neck
hang me from the sky
  Jun 2015 glassea
BF
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Pity the fool who does
not believe words can
change lives
glassea Jun 2015
nobody said it was okay
to not fall in love
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