Amante / Rafael Cadenas

LOVER,
lover
in me
uncut
like an unknown icon.
I hear say that I must see you,
but my hand
only holds
surrender.




{ Rafael Cadenas, Amante, 1983, Obra entera: Poesía y prosa (1958-1995), México DF: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2000 }