from A Tree Within

hermandad

Soy hombre: duro poco

y es enorme la noche.

Pero miro hacia arriba:

las estrellas escriben.

Sin entender comprendo:

tambien soy escritura

y en este mismo instante

alguien me deletrea.

brotherhood

I am a man: little do I last

and the night is enormous.

But I look up:

the stars write.

Unknowing I understand:

I too am written,

and at this very moment

someone spells me out.

- Octavio Paz

In the May of 1944

This is Kay that was with us

on the morning that the sun rose dimly

above the hills beyond our farmhouse.

Purse in hand and nylons clinging desperately

to legs that did not need them,

she stood straight beside a tall pine

and smiled.

The clouds remained still in the air

and her eyes saw the smoke

that rose from my cigarette.

A wild rose at her elbow leaned over

to listen to the faint breeze

and she heard the rumble of a truck

like the distant thunder that follows lightning.

This is Kay that was with us

before she shattered all our dinner plates

and left town in the next car to pass by our house.

dear ones

I don't have a sister, but if I did, I would want to sing this song to her. This song reminds me that I long for things, like hanging out with my brother, walking on a hot beach, feeling the air before a hurricane/storm comes, creating things, ...

Sister

What the water wants is hurricanes,
and sailboats to ride on its back.
What the water wants is sun kiss,
and land to run into and back.
I have a fish stone burning my elbow,
reminding me to know that I'm glad
that I have a bottle filled with my old teeth.
They fell out like a tear in the bag.
And I have a sister somewhere in Detroit
She has black hair and small hands.
And I have a kettledrum
I'll hit the earth with you.
And I will crochet you a hat.
And I have a red kite;
I'll put you right in it.
I'll show you the sky

by Sufjan Stevens

Here is what a fish stone is-

Description: The wooden fish stone is the mid-Cambrian geological era, formed in shallow water by chemical deposition of a precious mineral resources, about 5.5 billion years ago.Because of its unique powder fine grain structure and texture resembles clear and smooth grain, also known as grain jade. Only produced in Jinan.
Wooden fish stone, is a very rare stone hollow, the scientific name “too a surplus”, “Limonitum”, “in Huang Shi”, commonly known as “Revival stone”, “Phoenix egg”, a symbol of good luck, Foli boundless can bless living beings, evil spirits to ward off disasters. - the-writers-block.net