Ausencia

Absence

Ausencia

There are absences that are like oblivionHay ausencias que son como el olvido
that dust off early mornings and seedsque empolvan madrugadas y semillas
that got lost in their seasque se fueron perdidas en sus mares
where they will never find the shore...donde nunca podrán hallar la orilla...

There are absences that brush against the soul,Hay ausencias que rozan con el alma,
jealous butterflies of space,mariposas celosas del espacio,
austere prisoners of flowers,austeras prisioneras de las flores,
that offer you their honey for your lips.que te ponen su miel para los labios.

Absence, a remote ghost that violates the doorsAusencia, remoto fantasma que violas las puertas
that sings, that screams to the sky that voiceque cantas, que gritas al cielo esa voz
that you have taken with youque has llevado contigo
that you write the missing songque escribes tú la canción que falta
that always reminds us of the distanceque siempre nos recuerda la distancia

There are absences seagulls that save youHay ausencias gaviotas que te salvan
that disdain borders and seasons,que desdeñan fronteras y estaciones,
that roam the walls, the wordsque rondan las paredes, las palabras
drawing faith with their crayons.dibujando la fe con sus creyones.

There are absences that speak to you of a tomorrow,Hay ausencias que te hablan de un mañana,
that turn into all colors,que se tornan de todos los colores,
that place the world in your windowque te ponen el mundo en la ventana
and fill the balconies with hope.y de esperanza llenan los balcones.

Absence, a remote ghostAusencia, remoto fantasma
that violates the doors, that sings,que violas las puertas, que cantas,
that screams to the sky that voiceque gritas al cielo esa voz
that you have taken with you,que has llevado contigo,
that you write the missing songque escribes tú la canción que falta
that always reminds us of the distance.que siempre nos recuerdas la distancia.