One Farewell May Hide Another by Mois Benarroch

ONE FAREWELL MAY HIDE ANOTHER was published by Libros del Aire in Spain in 2015 and is presented to the English lovers of poetry in the translation of Enriqueta Carrington.

DISTANCE

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And one day

In the distance

Distance will no longer exist

And we'll be united

And it won't require disuniting other voices

And one day

That eternal day, the day before creation

When we were all one, that effervescent unity

Which we were, unity awaiting dispersal

That day which is already within us, which we already know

That day which guides us through trees, branches and rhymes

Like a distant light we don't recognize as our beacon

That day is already within me

It's already within you.

IF THEY COME LOOKING FOR ME

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Say

The soil was damp

And my shoes were calling me for a walk

Backwards

With slow

Steps

Say

The sea was serene

And the small waves

Were escaping the...