RENDEZVOUS
It wasn't -weren't- necessary
either flesh or dreams
hardly was the table set
Actually
it was necessary
the rope linking
the shade to the silhouettes
the voice to the words
an assertion on time
There are
still burning candlesticks
warmth on the face
coffee for tabletalk
laughters crumbed over the tablecloth
naughty secrets to soak
in the shared aura
and probably some gleam
just in case some kisses come up
Now
a bit late
maybe out of time
Everything is ready
even the needed coldness
for the maximal hug
Then
although late
please say yes
SECOND RENDEZVOUS
Recalling tenderness
as an answer to fear
Getting across the threshold of likelihood
into mystery
without caring about future
without the story
going on
disappearing
stopping
Without altering
glance
reason
feelings
time
Getting through the abyss
until its core
coming across the only shelter - the best one
and in the eye of the hurricane
untouched there
imperturbable
astonishment
served hot
on a tea tray
set for both of us.
THIRD RENDEZVOUS
it is amazing coming across
a quarter of a century later
the same
nitid sensation
its colours renewed
intensive
the memory leaves are green again
- when the summer is almost over!-
the same nostalgia
and other goods
carefully placed
reportedly concealing every lost chance
some farewells goodbyes
with intentions of return
features shaped according to fate
the rare caresses
finally turning into butterflies
free of reasons
incomplete collections of postponed
more and more boiling moments
it turns out
still more amazing
a certain impatient serenity
placed among unease and
perfectly bloomed euphoria
set in the middle of the anecdote
not a single scratch on dreams
not even a token of season change
untouched even that wakefulness
that yesterday turned into recklessness
that invited rush into its space
that poured out in kisses
even she
resists
a bit more careful
a quarter of a century more mature
resists
the appetite emerging from outside
looking through the window leaning on the glass
it is astonishing how
this bright shelter of time
for ever reserved
the table set
the bed ready
for the only acceptable dweller
the absolute owner
monarch and subject
finally taken
makes complete sense fulfils all the rest
© Text: Karina Palacios
© Translation: Frantz Ferentz