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Index :: First Peoples, Plural :: Humberto Ak’abal & Miguel Rivera

El Mismo


Veo a mi abuelo
arrastrar noventa años
con el mismo saco
de hace cincuenta.

Sauces echaron raíces
en sus ojos
para siempre.

The Same


I see my grandfather
drag ninety years
with the same coat
since he was fifty.

Willows have rooted
in his eyes
forever





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