Rafael Jesús González

Born in the bicultural/bilingual setting of El Paso, Texas/Juárez, Chihuahua, attended the University of Texas El Paso, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, & the University of Oregon. Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & Literature, taught at the University of Oregon, Western State College of Colorado, Central Washington State University, the University of Texas El Paso, and Laney College, Oakland where he founded the Mexican and Latin American Studies Dept.

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Full moon: I Send You the Full Moon

------Te mando la luna llena

Te mando la luna llena
carta escrita con tinta débil
en papel hecho de lotos blancos
compuesta de recuerdos
----y de esperanzas,
de historias que ya sabes
----y de sueños.
Lo importante que dice
es que te quiero.

Recibe la luna llena
carta que se le perdió el sobre,
que se le ha roto el sello.

------------------© Rafael Jesús González 2012

- I Send You the Full Moon

I send you the full moon,
letter written with weak ink
on paper made of white lotus,
composed of memories
----& of hopes,
of histories you already know
----& of dreams.
What it says of importance
is that I love you.

Receive the full moon,
letter that has lost its envelope,
whose seal has been broken.

------------------- © Rafael Jesús González 2012

1 comment:

Fire July 10, 2012 at 9:29 PM
So delighted to stumble on your blog! I am always inspired by your work and will never forget you naming me a writer when it was still something I longed for but did not realize I held in my hands.

For that, there is never thanks enough.

<3
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