¿Adonde vas? old man.

Sun is still behind the hill.

The rooster has not spoken.

 

I walk away from sleep

and all the ghosts that haunt there.

I leave them in their dark to, seek the light.

 

Pero, ¿porqué vas?

There is no need to journey.

She will make bread and you may sit at ease.

 

I go to the mountain top,

to watch the rising sun and

raise my arms in greeting.

 

¿Porqué? amigo mío.

The sun will come to you.

The way is steep and you are old.

 

Si, tu dices la verdad.

Yes I am old and dying.

It is time to walk towards the light.

 
 
David Garlick, Puerto Vallarta, March 1999