Once We Were Glaciers

by Ximena Aguilar Vega

Once We Were Glaciers

Over the Rocks
miles of whitish wild skin
and pale brown-
Wise giants
of the South.

We lived resting-
waking-
to the warmth
of Spring
Songs made
of Sand and Mud.

And so
we became fast-
rivers
running
more than a little
water-

We had infinite light
We had endless time


We had to choose

among
the Sky
the Soil
the Sea
the Trees
the Human
stream-

We have eyes
We are clouds
the leaf –


the never-ending
rhythm of life.

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