May 2021 Poetry Feature: Humberto Ak’abal, Translated by Loren Goodman
HUMBERTO AK’ABAL
After fifty years / I cannot measure the strength of her courage. / How many times have I seen her sad, / broken under the weight of work, / crying in silence, / suffering within. / And today, as if suddenly / I would have lifted my eyes; / I look at my mother / and I realize / that I too / I am getting older
After fifty years / I cannot measure the strength of her courage. / How many times have I seen her sad, / broken under the weight of work, / crying in silence, / suffering within. / And today, as if suddenly / I would have lifted my eyes; / I look at my mother / and I realize / that I too / I am getting older
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