Easter Bouquet for AG - Fifth Lily

A Card from Home

by



Arturo Vasquez



I used to lay back

And just stare at the stars

Thinking that they would

Take my eyes to your eyes

And we would be lost in

Each other's twinkle

And love in the spheres

Twirling above earth.



I used to make the

Tall grass of the pampa

Into home-

Into shining hillsides fading

In the gray of dark-



And I used to wonder about

You-

Where you were

And where you would be

Even though I didn't know you.



You were in every neglected tear

Of entranced meditations,

You were behind

The pillars in the cloister

Peeking at me-



I was looking down and sad

And didn't notice you.



You used to be in the

Towering clouds after the rain-

In the pink winter sunsets-

In the breeze that came in

From the vastness of the southern cone-



And now I sit here,

And I finally feel my own heart

Beating in my chest-



And I know that here we are bound

In a chamber beyond words and shadows.