Realidad / Rafael Cadenas

Reality

I had to dissent,
cover myself,
disappear.

I had
to be a dissonance.

I had to let myself go
astray
with no explanation.

I had to hide
my face,
become
fleeting,
be quiet, silence
(when maybe a simple
clarification was needed).

I was judged by the law of men
but I was never interrogated.

Everything
was for you,
and I haven’t seen you.




Intemperie (1977)




{ Rafael Cadenas, Antología, Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores, 1996 }