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Cup – Taza

Loss, Memory, Nostalgia

How do you measure melancholia? ÂżCĂłmo se mide la melancolĂ­a?

Yesterday
it pained me to miss you.
Your absence was a hole
deep
dark
empty
and unfillable
where the echo of my love for you
resounded;
it was deafening. 

If that missing you
were measurable,
my measuring cup
would over spill. 

Today
missing you
is a rupture
in a pair of jeans,
they could remain torn,
but I sew it shut
with needle and thread
to appear presentable.

If that missing you
were measurable,
my measuring cup
would be full
for it now fits
like when I measure milk
to make the cake
I accompany my coffee with. 

I finally sit down 
to eat my cake
and sip my coffee
when irremediably, 
I think of you.

MARLA WOODS

Ayer 
me dolía extrañarte.
Tu ausencia era un hueco 
hondo
oscuro 
vacĂ­o 
e inllenable 
donde el eco de mi amor por ti
resonaba
hasta ensordecer. 

Si ese extrañarte
se pudiera medir,
mi taza medidora 
se desparramarĂ­a.

Hoy
el extrañarte
es una ruptura
en un par de jeans
que se podrĂ­a quedar abierta
pero que coso
con aguja e hilo
para verme presentable.

Y si ese extrañarte
se pudiera medir,
mi taza medidora 
estarĂ­a hasta el tope
pues ahora cabe
como cuando mido leche
para hacer el pastel
con el que acompaño mi café.

Finalmente me siento 
para comer mi pastel
y saborear mi café
cuando irremediablemente,
pienso en ti.

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