World Literature

Run Now – Poetry from Peru

Ramina Herrera Arteaga, a poetess from Latin American country, the land of ancient civilization, shares her two poems

Don’t try to know the dark abyss of my existence; you are in danger of getting caught in neural networks of catharsis and deep screams, of the girl who saw the pain, tear!

Ramina Herrera Arteaga

Ramina Herrera Arteaga, born in Luya, Amazonas, Peru in 1979, is a Business Administrator by profession. She graduated from the National University of Trujillo. Her poetry “Memories of Unborn” was published online by the magazine “Voices” of Spain. In 2006 it was included in the anthology “Caminos de Poesía” (Editorial Fund of the Provincial Municipality of Cajamarca. She has been awarded many prestigious recognition for her writing.

 

Run Now

Don’t try to know

The dark abyss of my existence

You are in danger

Of getting caught in neural networks

Of catharsis and deep screams,

Of the girl who saw the pain

Tear

Eat its prey

And endure the stench

Of scattered viscera horror

Don’t pretend to know me

Better silence your arguments

And be quiet, as the stones are silent

To the passage of black clouds

Loaded with torrential rains,

Do not sin, be insightful

Thinking you know what I feel

You don’t know the terrain

Don’t stumble

With some burial

Unveiled the mystery

Return to normal human life

Go back to your noisy city

To your daily run for bread to take

Leave me in the limbo of my chimeras

In those caverns, sacred and eternal

Where the darkness makes my footsteps shine

And my eyes wait

To the angel who gave me his wings

That day when life crushed me!

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Spanish

CORRE, AHORA

No intentes conocer

el oscuro abismo de mi existencia

corres peligro

de quedar atrapado en redes neuronales

de catarsis y gritos profundos,

de la niña que vio al dolor

desgarrar

comer a su presa

y soportar el hedor

de vísceras esparcidas__horror.

No pretendas conocerme

mejor silencia tus argumentos

y calla, como callan las piedras

al paso de nubes negras

cargadas de torrenciales lluvias,

no peques se perspicaz

pensando que sabes lo que siento

no conoces el terreno

no vayas a tropezar

con algún entierro.

Develado el misterio

vuelve a la vida normal de humano

vuelve a tu ruidosa cuidad

a tu correr diario por pan llevar

déjame en el limbo de mis quimeras

en aquellas cavernas, sagradas y eternas

donde la oscuridad hace brillar mis pisadas

y mis ojos esperan

al ángel que me regaló sus alas

aquel día cuando la vida me aplastaba.

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Transformation

Scream the barefoot mirror

Hug me!

That I am dying;

I observe its roots

Its environment

Her footprints

And

I get it

That

Only

Is

Alchemy!

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Spanish

TRANSFORMACIÓN

Grita el espejo descalzo

¡abrázame!

que estoy muriendo;

observo sus raíces

su entorno

sus huellas

y

entiendo

que

solo

está

alquimizando.

________________

 

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