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Wave and Sand  /  Ola Y Arena

4/1/2021

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      Wave and Sand     
Ola y Arena

 
You were a wave that came to beach on my sand 
Tu fuiste una ola que mi playa vio llegar
covering me tenderly without giving me time to react 
 me cubriste tiernamente sin darme tiempo a reaccionar

before I realized, I had tasted your salt
  cuando menos me di cuenta, ya había probado de tu sal

you soaked me completely in that loving way you have 
 empapaste mis arenas con tu esencia, tu humedad

erasing any footprints that had been left before you arrived.
  y borraste cualquier huella, que antecedieron tu llegar.


 
The tenderness of your character 
 La ternura de la espuma, de tu personalidad

left no space in me, that didn’t get wet 
 no dejo en mi arena alguna, que no se quiso mojar

you formed a lagoon, insinuating that you’d stay 
 tu formaste una laguna insinuando no marchar

but you are a wave and turned back to the sea in the end
  pero al cabo siendo ola, te volviste hacia el mar

dragging my dream, which to swim never bothered to learn. 
 arrastrando mis anhelos, los que no sabian nadar.


 
It is in vain for me to wait, you are never coming back 
 Es en vano que te espere, se que no has de regresar

you have gone to other places with the tide 
 la marea que te trajo te ha llevado a otro lugar

but from the encounter, of your water and my sand
  mas de aquel encuentro nuestro, de tu agua y mi arenal

you will carry parts of me wherever you are 
 llevaras en ti vestigios del arena de mi amar

the same way I still conserve the memory of your salt. 
 asi como yo aun conservo, el recuerdo de tu sal.


I know that someday, I will forget your love 
 Se que un dia con el tiempo de tu amor me he de olvidar

because your memory will dry out like water in the sun
  porque el sol de la distancia tu recuerdo a de secar

but inside me I still discover your moisture, at least for now 
mas por ahora en mis adentros, aún descubro tu humedad

because you reached deep inland where no one did before
pues tu llegaste tierra adentro donde nadie antes jamás

and in my sand I still keep the smell of your salt.
y mi arena aun conserva, la fragancia de tu sal.

 

    Nestor Gomez 3/31/2015     
Nestor Gomez 7/19/2013


 
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- (Hyphenated) American

4/22/2019

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​- (Hyphenated) American
because you see me waving a flag
that does not contains stripes and stars
and it enrages you to see my delight
without taking the time
to know that my pride
is born from the pain of being so far
for so long, from my native land.

- (Hyphenated) American
because you scream at me that “your” language I must learn
meanwhile, you can’t even pronounce my name
but I’m not surprised that you can’t manage to learn one word
when your history you still refuse to learn and own

- (Hyphenated) American
you confuse the Hyphen with a minus sign
adding a prefix to your narrative of who I am
in your eagerness to minimize my worth
you forget that adding doesn’t make me less, it makes me more
you ignore that one day I took an oath in front of a judge
and I was declared by my pledge and by the law
not African-American nor Native-American
not Latin-American nor Asian-American
not - (Hyphenated) American, just American
same as you


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