Padre

I would have liked
To bid you farewell with a song
Half goodbye and half tears
Respectful of your resting place
Magnificent and serene
A fruitful and full song

Father
Today I lay down immersed in your memories
Immersed up to my brain
In your intangible presence
But clear and subtle

Father, today I would give anything
For my hand and my mind
To be able to feel
What one writes
And write what the other feels

And treasure your words
And your gestures and your love
And keep without waste
Your forbidden facets
Your other self, your other life

And so, father, when you turn
That corner of the future
Instead of this emptiness
You will find
My hand and my mind
Prudent