Saddest verses/ Pablo Neruda
I can write the saddest verses tonight. Write, for example: “The night is starry, and the stars shiver, blue, in the distance.” The night wind turns in the sky and sings. I can write the saddest verses tonight. I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too. On nights like this I held […]
The face of God/ Louis Villalba
Image of Jesus of Nazareth at Santa Maria Chapel, Cadiz, Spain No, I thought, God would not look like him—or would He? If anything, I thought that I might find His face under the disguise of my late aunt Mercedes. She had always been busy, cleaning houses, mopping floors in government buildings, cooking, washing. Her […]
