When we two were together

When we two were together
we counted a lot of stars.

When we made love
all nights stood still in our night.

When the gift of speech was with us
we were writing a book.

The gods have not been overthrown
and their power assigned us different roads.

When we separated
everything went back to future and emptiness.

We had recovered our contingency
and the past resided in memory.

Traslated from Spanish by Rowena Hill