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.

Monday, November 30, 2020

full moon: To Be Indifferent to the Moon

-----Ser indiferente a la luna

Eres demasiado viejo me digo

para que te excite la luna.

Es invierno y nunca ha estado

tan fría y tan lejos

esa piedra inerte

que ronda a la Tierra

indiferente a la vida y la muerte.

Pero agua marina corre en mi venas

que no puede ser

indiferente a la luna.

---To Be Indifferent to the Moon

You are too old, I tell myself,

to be excited by the moon.

It is winter & never has she been

so cold & so far

that inert stone

that circles the Earth

indifferent to life & death.

But sea water runs in my veins

that cannot be

indifferent to the moon.

1 comment:

Louis Dallara PhotographyDecember 17, 2020 at 5:53 AM
Beautiful words, I feel them vibrate in my soul.
Be well my friend.
Peace and Love
Lou
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