CARRY ME AWAY  

Carry me away to the south
of your hips
where the humidity
envelops the trees
that issue from your body
Carry me away to the deep earth
that looms between your legs
to that small north of your breast
Carry me away to the cold desert
that menaces your mouth
to the exiled oasis of your navel
Carry me away to the west of those feet
that were mine
of those hands that encircled
the sea and the mountains
Carry me away to other villages
with the first kiss
to the interminable region
of language and flowers
to that genital route
to that river of ash that overflows
Carry me away to all points, love,
and to all places drive my fingers
as if you were the homeland
and me, your only inhabitant.

© 2007 Mario Meléndez