Afraid to sleep,
we keep on working.
Afraid to sleep,
We meet the dawn
from either end.
When light comes,
its continuity calms us
and ancestors watch over us,
as we sleep in fits and starts.
Outside the kitchen door,
Señor Romero's own grapevine
says: "Buenos dias!", says
"Gracias a la vida!"
Aug 21, 2015
Aug 21, 2015 at 7:31 PM UTC
Afraid to sleep,
we keep on working.
Afraid to sleep,
We meet the dawn
from either end.
When light comes,
its continuity calms us
and ancestors watch over us,
as we sleep in fits and starts.
Outside the kitchen door,
Señor Romero's own grapevine
says: "Buenos dias!", says
"Gracias a la vida!"
©Elisa Maria Argiro
