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While we’re still here
Along with “pass me the salt”
And “we have to take the car to the garage”
Let me just say,
You’ve made me happy all these years
Before lightning ends your life or mine
Let me whisper in your ear
That I crave your embrace
That you’re the mast I gladly cling to
I, an untameable animal, lover of my freedom and the confinement of your arms
Let me tell you, lest the moment slip away,
Between “we haven’t finished the tax return” and “the printer’s run out of ink”
That I love you beyond all limits
With the certainty that you are the best thing that I have in life
Before we are eroded by Alzheimer’s, devoured by death
Or we stray into the jungle of routine
Let me just say that I love my life with you
Translated by Ximena from the original Spanish. Thank you, Elizabeth Nash and Kathy Bijleveld for the edits.
