Submission by ALEXANDRO ACEVEDO JOHNS

[Alexandro Acevedo Johns]

Hi doctor Fab. and poets friends, this is my poem, (unpublished).
Alexandro Acevedo Johns

Spring is back

Spring is back,
despite the mistreatment
we are giving to the Earth.

Spring time,
don't pass by my side
without look at me,
I only ask to you for a tender red rose
that I will squeeze it to my chest
until I bleed:
I must return to live
with the ephemeral promise
of your inmortality.

I have suffered enough
the stories of winter
with the burning wait of your arrival,
but you are already here,
you come back as always
perfumed and swift.

Spring,
I want to be reconcile with you,
running between footpaths green
and buzzing bees,
embraced to you as if it was forever,
while my dog barks of joy
around us.
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Spanish version:

La primavera ha regresado

La primavera ha regresado
a pesar del maltrato
que damos a la Tierra.

Primavera,
no pases por mi lado sin mirarme,
sólo te pido una tierna rosa roja
que apretaré a mi pecho
hasta hacerme sangrar:
debo volver a vivir
con la promesa efímera
de tu inmortalidad.

He sufrido bastante
los cuentos del invierno
con la quemante espera de tu llegada,
pero ya estás aquí,
has vuelto como siempre,
toda ligera y perfumada.

Primavera,
quiero reconciliarme contigo,
y correr entre senderos verdes
y abejas zumbadoras
abrazado a ti,
como sí fuera para siempre,
mientras mi perro ladra de alegría
a nuestro alrededor.

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