21 de Septiembre

Your transparent gaze piercing through us
So absent and so distant
Shining with sadness and insecurity
Glowing with fear and loneliness
Doubting who is in your skin

There you are
Captive of this damn curse
That extinguished the light of your being
That swept away your memories that will never return
And life ambushes you again
In September once more
Seeking, unknowingly, springs, healing, and peace

Your memory no longer has time or place
It's your gestures and your marks
It vanished and is unable to perfume
Your 21 grams of soul
That are still somewhere

And to think
That some years ago
You said with conviction
That forgetting was a form of revenge and forgiveness
That forgetting is freedom
And affirming this contradiction
You left so slowly that you never said goodbye

And even though I know my name
You will no longer pronounce
It doesn't hurt to hear you recount
How your first kiss was
And in the midst of this war
Of anger and bewilderment
You are losing yourself
You are losing yourself

There you are
Captive of this damn curse
That extinguished the light of your being
That swept away your memories that will never return
And life ambushes you again
In September once more
Seeking, unknowingly, springs, healing, and peace
And some years ago
You said with conviction
That forgetting was a form of revenge and forgiveness
That forgetting is freedom
And affirming this contradiction
You left so slowly that you never said goodbye
Another September 21st ends
Goodbye