Gabriela Mistral Face Poems

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    And we go on and on,
    Neither sleeping nor awake,
    Towards the meeting, unaware
    That we are already there.
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    You said that you loved the lark more than any other bird because of its straight flight toward the sun. That is how I wanted our flight to be.
    Albatrosses fly over the sea, intoxicated by salt and iodine. They are like unfettered waves playing in the air, but they do not lose touch with the other waves.
    Storks make long journeys; they cast shadows over the Earth's face. But like albatrosses, they fly horizontally, resting in the hills.
    Only the lark leaps out of ruts like a live dart, and rises, swallowed by the heavens. Then the sky feels as though the Earth itself has risen. Heavy jungles below do not answer the lark. Mountains crucified over the flatlands do not answer.
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  • 4.
    Let us go now into the forest.
    Trees will pass by your face,
    and I will stop and offer you to them,
    but they cannot bend down.
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Total 4 Face Poems by Gabriela Mistral

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