Dejar que el agua llene el vaso
y se derrame
Morir sin haber sido
Espera
***
Supongamos que voy a hacer lo mismo
toda la vida
No debería preocuparme
pero me preocupa
Alzar el hilo
enhebrar la aguja
coser todos los miedos con bostezos
***
Si no parpadea la luciérnaga
es probable que haya demasiada luz
Juan Guillermo Sánchez was born in Bakatá-Andes in 1980. He has published the poetry books Rio (2010) and Salvia (2014); the book of short stories Diarios de nada (2011); the novels Balada / Track (2012) and Elevador (2015); the anthology Indigenous Message of Water (2014); and the research project Memory and Invention in the Poetry of Humberto Ak'abal (2011). In 2016, he was awarded with the National Prize for Literature in Colombia, granted by the University of Antioquia. He is currently a professor at UNC-Asheville.
Blow to me
a song simple and lasting
a song incorruptible
a song untouched
a song
unsuccumbing before the unstoppable passing of all things
