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A New Beginning

January 23, 2009
By Anonymous

Un Nuevo Principio


Mientras camino en un campo
Las flores me sonríen por última vez
Y dicen adiós.
Los árboles me saludan por última vez
Y dicen adiós.
El sol me alumbra con amor por última vez
Y dice adiós.
El viento me acaricia por última vez
Y dice adiós.
El pasto besa mis pies descalzos por última vez
Y dice adiós.
Los pájaros cantan mi nombre por última vez
Y dicen adiós.

Me acerco a mi casa.
Puedo ver a mi esposa y mis hijos bellos.
Me dan abrazos tan fuertes como un conquistador salvaje, no como niños.
El amor tiene poderes infinitos.
Las lágrimas como la triste miel caen sobre sus rostros.
Pero, cuando me sonríen, me doy cuenta de que nuestros corazones siempre estarán juntos.

Me siento en la cama y apago la luz de mi cuerpo.
No obstante, me levanto una vez más.
Voy afuera.
El mundo me saluda por primera vez
Y dice hola.

Un nuevo principio.



A New Beginning

As I walk through the field
The flowers smile at me for the last time
And bid me farewell.
The trees greet me for the last time
And bid me farewell.
The sun lights me up with its love for the last time
And bids me farewell.
The wind caresses my body for the last time
And bids me farewell.
The grass kisses my bare feet for the last time
And bids me farewell.
The birds sing my name for the last time
And bid me farewell.

My house draws near.
I can see my wife and my beautiful children.
They give me hugs as strong as savage conquerors—not like children.
The power of love is infinite.
The honey of their sadness rolls down their cheeks.
But when they smile at me, I know that our hearts will forever be as one.

I lay down on my bed and extinguish the light that illuminates my body.
Nevertheless, I rise again.
I go outside.
The world greets me for the first time
And says hello.

A new beginning.

The author's comments:
This was writing as a project for our Spanish class and then trnaslated into English.

When we were writing this poem, we didn’t have to think about it; it was as if we were channeling our hearts onto the paper. Death affects us all, but it is often hard to find solace in the thought that someone’s life ends when they die. A perspective that seems to be more “optimistic,” per se, is that which defines death as the start of something more. Even though the body dies, the soul lives on and is given a beginning—a new beginning.

—Amber Neaves and Rowan Hale

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