Like dominion dominoes,
may all the towers fall. Let false authority cease and power be seized complete.
See now false imperative
of managing the life
the one has refused to live.
Know what you choose to give.
Ride the rapids with me now.
Let waters fall like rain.
Rise as only who you are. Shine on, resplendent star.
Flipped over, turned inside out you may well feel exposed.
These things are no longer you.
Hold fast to that most true .
Out of the burning building,
into void of night sky,
open arms to Great Unknown,
know you are not alone.
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde