I am going to share a poem by one of my favorites, Mario Benedetti (Uruguay), one of Latin Americas most important writers from the latter half of the 20th-century. No te salves/Don’t Save Yourself i Don’t remain immobile At the edge of the road Don’t freeze the joy Don’t love with reluctance Don’t save yourself now or ever Don’t save yourself Don’t fill with calm Don’t reserve in the world Only a secure place Don’t let your eyelids fall Heavily as judgments Don’t speak without lips Don’t sleep without sleepiness Don’t imagine yourself without blood Don’t judge yourself without time. But if in spite of everything You can’t help it, And you freeze the joy, And you love with reluctance, And you save yourself now, And you fill with calm And you reserve in the world Only a calm place, And you let fall your eyelids Heavily as judgments, And you speak without lips, And you sleep without sleepiness, And you imagine yourself without blood, And you judge yourself without time, And you remain immobile At the edge of the road, And you save yourself, Then… Don’t stay with me.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:06:50 +0000
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