Poem of Return by Jofre Rocha

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When I return from the land of exile and silence,

do not bring me flowers.

Bring me rather all the dews,

tears of dawns which witnessed dramas.

Bring me the immense hunger for love

and the plaint of tumid sexes in star-studded night.

Bring me the long night of sleeplessness

with mothers mourning, their arms bereft of sons.

When I return from the land of exile and silence,

no, do not bring me flowers…

Bring me only, just this

the last wish of heroes fallen at day-break

with a wingless stone in hand

and a thread of anger snaking from their eyes.