odes of

all Nerudas

by Roberto Lavidez

I like you

as clay

and sand

I hold you

and shape

you

as you

shaped me

I touch you

and you open

like a faded

rose that

revives for

me alone

my breast

opens like

a bough

light’s

poppies

quiver in

our hearts

the water

flows and

sings

the sky

overhead

is a warm

corolla

your heart

of earth

lent

fertility

and force

to my songs

odes of all

colors

and sizes

seraphic

azure or

violent

odes to eat

odes to dance

odes to track

to be and

not to be

between

waves

that flooded

the universe

with light

of song

I paused

suddenly

to dedicate

a line of

my ode

you would

think that

horses were

galloping

across the

sky

white

mountains

fall

chairs and

armchairs

fall

and so

it was

that night

shadow

and space

earth

and time

something

that flows

and falls

and passes

oh

the land

of nights

we have

never lived

©robertolavidez2014