Conteplacion

Conteplacion
de un atardecer

viendo sol unico
desvaneciendo
desvanecer

ray by ray
our lives swirl
inside
burning the retina
the green after-image
just another picture
now orange
now red
of sinking sun
drinking NY harbor
lady Lib. on the look out!
Battery Park
on our tails

seagull trailing
in our wake
as a back-ground
Ellis Island

the eclipse
of a life
between me
and the light

sun lighting
liberty's torch
the wind in the hair
the cold its teeth
reflection
of light within it

the light making replicas
on the glass
of disphased human lives

it is all free flow
what comes to be
my life
and yours
so simple

here it is
we are
so what?


seagull light my day
sunlight spread my wings


night save my soul
forever
day bring me light
bring me light .

alone in the harbor
a seagull
background of sky
water, stone
of flying creatures
of light

rocking of the boat
the shadows moving
back and forth.


Roberto Isaza
February 27, 2006