Maybe this is not so difficult to understand for many of you!
Cuando éramos niños
los viejos tenían como treinta
un charco era un océano
la muerte lisa y llana
no existía.
Luego cuando muchachos
los viejos eran gente de cuarenta
un estanque un océano
la muerte solamente
una palabra.
Ya cuando nos casamos
los ancianos estaban en cincuenta
un lago era un océano
la muerte era la muerte
de los otros.
Ahora veteranos
ya le dimos alcance a la verdad
el océano es por fin el océano
pero la muerte empieza a ser
la nuestra.
Pasatiempo - Mario Benedetti
Re: Pasatiempo - Mario Benedetti
Hi Sandra ~
I don't understand it, but came here when I saw your name, wanting to tell you how much I miss you in the Member's Poetry section. I hope you're doing well... and that, somehow, you'll be able to manage seeing Leonard perform Live. I know how much it would mean to you.
What is this poem about?
~ Lizzy
I don't understand it, but came here when I saw your name, wanting to tell you how much I miss you in the Member's Poetry section. I hope you're doing well... and that, somehow, you'll be able to manage seeing Leonard perform Live. I know how much it would mean to you.
What is this poem about?
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde
Re: Pasatiempo - Mario Benedetti
Hola Lizzy thanks for your words....this poem is about the passing of time and how we "see" older people ... 

Re: Pasatiempo - Mario Benedetti
Hi Sandra ~
Oh, thanks... I'm sure that's a wonderful poem. Good to hear from you, Sandra.
~ Lizzy
Oh, thanks... I'm sure that's a wonderful poem. Good to hear from you, Sandra.
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
~ Oscar Wilde
~ Oscar Wilde