Today, tonight, and this dawn!
Today I phoned. She was not home. "My love, I miss you so much, as I have done for these many years" I said.
Today I phoned. He was not home. "My love, I miss you so much, as I have done for these many years" I said.
Maybe she was asleep. Maybe he was saying a prayer in the chapel.
Maybe one was, and maybe not the other...
"Before the Dawn"
by Federico Garcia Lorca
But like love
the archers
are blind
Upon the green night,
the piercing saetas
leave traces of warm
lily.
The keel of the moon
breaks through purple clouds
and their quivers
fill with dew.
Ay, but like love
the archers
are blind!
Tonight she phoned. I was not home. "My love, I miss you so much, as I have done for these many years" the message said, "Maybe you are asleep! Are you? oh well!, maybe you are not there." and here the message ended.
Today he phoned. I was not home. "My love, I miss you so much, as I have done for these many years" this was the message he wished he had said, instead the message read: "Maybe you are asleep! Are you? oh well! maybe you are not there."
Still dark, but the dawn is not far away, I know. That is when I got home.
I have exhausted my body in tango and my feet are sore. I can not resist it: cheering up my soul further by watching the sun rise. Another dawn.
They must both be awake by then; it would be a blast of joy to find them both at home.
I will phone them a little while after this morning's sun-rise. They may be getting old, but sometimes they, too, wake up early, and talk of missing those they love till dawn.
MilongaCat.
1 comment:
If only words were powerful enough to translate truly all the emotions, all the love and the joy and the pain we feel when we share our lives with our loved ones. If only the mirror of the heart could be barnished from hate and envy and if only we were not scared of being true to ourselves.
To laugh to is to risk appearing a fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return
To live is to risk dying
To hope is to risk despair
To try is to risk failure
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing
They may avoid suffering and sorrow but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love or live
Only a person who risks is free.
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