Marco Antonio Solano Poems

Luna llena que en el cielo
ilumina la silueta
cual riendas de oro sujeta
jinete andaluz en vuelo.
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Erato fue acaso un sueño,
recuerdo de aquel pasado
cuyo perfume hechizado
hincó mi alma ante su dueño.
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del viento que sopla risas con alas
entre uno u otro remolino
y del vendaval que a brisa pasa
fuiste tú mi primer suspiro
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caprice of fate, that we would once share, a beautiful dream
calamity of love, the feelings we shared, we'll never forget
ardent flames, lost in the fire, and tears astray in the sea
from the beginning, the end was inevitable, though no regret
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hear, the sounds of whispers in your deaf ear
the voices that call, harrowing feelings that crawl
words written in air, born out of love and despair
today in fire begotten, tomorrow with haste forgotten
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body scents and wanting eyes
nights, sculpting fire from ice
rivers of passion that flow
melt and fuse us together
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I linger in deep lassitude, in solitude
as knaves beset my life and against me contrive
one truth defeated by two lies, deceiving eyes
mastering the multitude with shrewd attitude
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let the tribulation end, I seek no retribution
malice I don't feel, though destitute I walk
I solicit not the annihilation of my destroyer
for divine is the hand that imparts restitution
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breath after breath, step after step, no purpose or destination
eyes catch the tired look in the mirror, staring back in resignation
I ponder if it is less painful to keep walking in the wrong direction
than to stop and contemplate the agony of my own reflection
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And from the deepest, darkest, and most sinister abyss your true self arose
your sword of hatred you swung, even when I was pleading on my knees
without compassion, relentlessly a cruel carnage upon me you unleashed
and with a macabre smile, my heart, my mind, and my soul you besieged
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