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“Spinning Toward Home”


By Chantale Reve


Copyright © 2010-2011 Chantale Reve


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Delving into this crucial matter

Of how my love ripened for you

Leaves me dazed and breathless,

With ribbons of verbs rippling through my mind,

Whenever I contemplate how you

Revived me.


Expressing fathoms of gratitude

For the authenticity of your being,

How you timely whirled in my direction,

I, clinging to fragile threads of meaning –

And to think, I nearly stopped believing

In fated love.


Debería decirle –

Si tengo el valor de hacerlo –

Si hay tiempo en este mundo apresurado,

Como tu amor es electrizante.

Como estoy en éxtasis.

Y me pongo nerviosa cuando oigo su voz.


Your riveting revolution

Sends me spinning into a giddy girl

Of sixteen and brimming with ardent resolutions,

Kisses me back into the present –

Delicious detours off winding roads

Paved with a patina of sublime joy.


Esos caminos llevan la huella de tu corazón.

Esos caminos llevan hacia nosotros.

Por eso, no necesito un mapa.

Tanto como puedo recordar:

Tu eras / eres mi primer amor.

¡Por fin, soy en tierra firme!


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