Transit
Written by Annabel Villar
Translated from the Spanish by the poet
Narrated by Kristine Doll
Uruguay
Breathe, do not stop breathing.
Catch the air in your lungs,
let it travel through your blood.
Feel life walking through your body,
the magma that heats bones and soul.
When you inhale and exhale,
you will perpetuate the cycle of life,
at the same time outdated and perennial,
definitive and passenger.
Play your role
in the natural rhythm of things:
come from the earth and return to it,
naked and alone, without shroud or tombstone,
without sandals and without cypresses.
After the last breath
leave everything and take flight without luggage,
without fears and burdens to the light
-immutable and enigmatic-
that waits and despairs.
Breathe, do not stop breathing.