Loneliness

I decided to enter a Spanish writing competition at my school where you can enter a short story, an essay or a poem. And of course I wrote a poem, because I suck at short stories and the thought of attempting more Spanish grammar than necessary, is not particularly appealing.

I finished my poem on Sunday after thinking about it for the whole weekend. It's called La soledad or Loneliness. It rhymes in Spanish, but not too much in English. The Spanish version is first, and then my English translation (it sounds better in Spanish :P)

La soledad

La soledad
es una oportunidad
para examinar la realidad
de ayer

La soledad
no da racionalidad
pero la claridad
en el mundo

La soledad
es una invisibilidad
y una dualidad
nadie puede ver

La soledad
es la tragedia de edad;
la longevidad
de tiempo

La soledad
es fragilidad;
es la casualidad
de ser.

Loneliness

Loneliness

is an opportunity

to examine the reality

of yesterday

Loneliness

does not bring rationality

but rather clarity

in the world

Loneliness

is an invisibility

and a duality

no one can see

Loneliness

is the tragedy of age;

the longevity

of time

Loneliness

is fragility;

it is the casualty

of being

♥ Turtles