When I dream of you, you’ll dream of me. When I ask you to find me, before me you’ll stand. When I say I love you passionately, you’ll whisper your love for me in my ear. When I kiss you softly in your dreams, your heart will beat hard and fast as passion surges through you, wanting to return my kiss. When I miss you, you’ll think of how much you want to be with me and miss my embrace, even though we’ve never met. When I want you, you’ll only want me, foresaking all others who vie for your passionate romance. When I write to you, you’ll try to write back, but refrain, unable to find the right words. When I call out to you in my dreams, you’ll hear me, wishing you could answer me. When I cry over you, you’ll feel my loneliness, wishing you could comfort me. When my heart aches for you, your heart will feel an empty void only I can fill. When we finally embrace, ours will be a love of a lifetime and we shall become one. You dip me in a waterfall of love within a soft rainbow, making my heart yearn for yours, and in love I shall remain forever. If you knew the reasons and depth of my love for you, you’d be here, experiencing a passionate love so strong, you’d love me unconditionally and faithfully as I do you. You are my soul mate, my passionate love.
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde
This collection of poetry addresses the nature of time, reflections on the natural world, the difficulty of loss,
contemporary social issues and gratitude for life.