I don’t Want Eternity
I don’t want eternity
it overwhelms me
I want to be alive
while I live
without thinking
about why
I live
I want to be lightning
in the air
an iridescent butterfly
a soap bubble about to burst.
by Claribel Alegría
Translation, Carolyn Forché
from: Sorrow
Curbstone Press, 1999
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