Ernesto Lobo | Simple

To understand the least things,

the briefest and the simplest,

I drank from the spring of pride,

climbed the mountain of the impossible,

crossed labyrinths and crossroads . . .

At the end of the roads

staring into a great abyss,

I discovered the error

of following magnificent footsteps . . .

Yesterday I ventured

and even barefoot,I think I succeeded

and at last I understood

how difficult it is

to board the ship of the simple . . .

.Ernesto Lobo, Peru

Translation by Germain Droogenbroodt Wolfgang Klinck