I Stood Where There Was No Singing

I stood where there was no singing

breathing myself into the final

color of roses

I did not salute the emptiness

I lived where the first stroke of

the first letter of an alphabet

was only used to cut down

and I was cut down

but from that unfurnished crawl-space

I folded myself into

the unmired magnitude of stars-

mary angela douglas 16 july 2008

Me Quede Donde No Habia Canto

me quede donde no habia canto

respirando a mi mismo en el color

final de las rosas

y yo no salude al vacio

yo vivia en el primer golpe de

la primera letra de un alfabeto

solo se utilizo para reducir

y yo estaba cortado.

pero desde ese espacio de rastreo sin amueblar

yo me dobla en la magnitud de estrellas

no en el cieno.

mary angela douglas Spanish translation from original english july 16, 2011