“Vigilant the Eye” from the book ‘The Disobedient Gaze’

Vigilant the Eye

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1

Now that light is breaks
I am translucent colour

I am sustained in sound
In the whiteness arriving
In the clear sky

Solitary a bird passes
Like a picture
My window frames

Through the glass a flower
A bird finally perching

2

On the shores of the river
As though a bird of paradise

The rainbow
Over the mountain

Vigilant the eye

3

With purple wings,
Anointed with celestial resin
The fleeing bird
Reminds us of the littleness of acts

Burning flame,
He prolongs the flight,
And like a fugitive
Penetrates the night

From Description of the Village

‘The Disobedient Gaze’, Devenir Editorial, 2013

Traslated by Jonathan Boulting