BACK IN TIME
(for Marina)


by Antonio Gomes, MD



Night transformed into day
Moon tumbled down the sky
The earth below opened and closed
It happened, 30 years back in time
She was there - center of the Universe
Her eyes mirrored my reflection
My eyes shadowed her innocence
Her body on fire: consumed
Locked in her creation
destroyed and re-created
A new life

She walked, a river by my side
I, floated a boat on her bosom
We loved to remake the world
Two indistinguishable shadows
Reflecting on walls of glass as
One beyond which there were
None.

25 years later,
Ragged pieces of shattered glass
Reflected in the mirrored sunset
and
I,
Walked the rooms of empty homes,
Ran down the stairs of endless time.

Amid flowers I searched her face
In the ocean wind I heard her cry
In the falling star I saw her leap
In the snow flakes I felt her breath.

She stood by my side: a tree
She flowed with me : a river
She towered over me: a mountain
She laughed and splashed: an ocean

30 years later - her
Shadow set sail and parted in
S i l e n c e