MY SHADOW

when my shadow
was lapidated
I don't ever know
if I was there
although it still resonates
in my ears
the old distant
song
and I might identify at the background
the possible chalk tracing
that would have scratched
my presumable silhouette.

aside from the sea
its intense and paced
noise.

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MINHA SOMBRA

quando lapidaram
minha sombra
nem ao menos sei
se estava lá
embora ressoe ainda
em meus ouvidos
a cantiga longínqua
de então
e possa ao fundo identificar
o traçado talvez de giz
que teria riscado
minha provável silhueta.

de resto o mar
o seu ruído intenso
e compassado.

by Alvaro BARCELLOS, in his FB page 24.06.2019

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2019)

(photograph taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)