arnoldo garcía

April 2

manifesto ternura

tomorrow soon I will wake up

in your arms, homeland.

I will go towards you

You become a shadow of water

and here I am searching for a well,

a cenote, a fountain, dust, words,

hugs, conversation,

unconditional tenderness

to renew

to restore

to be reborn

with tiny, imperceptible wings

scars like borders

to show that I've loved

to show that I have lived

struggled to the fullest extent

to make us free

Time is different now

so I have to be different

I go to sleep to be with you

even if there is this pain

I live to love you

even if I need more courage

to be brave

to be complete

to be at your side

spinning through space

tumbling without no other purpose

than to gestate, flower, seed, sprout, unfurl

the tender roots of an explosion

in your earth, my land, my love, my darkness