Tocando el Sol

I will touch the sun,
I will feel it’s warmth,
I will grasp its burning, bright, passion.
No me importan los placeres de este día.
No me importa igualar la norma.
I will touch the sun.

Tocando el sol,
El sol besa mis dedos,
Nosotras bailamos...
Do not tease me or say I am playing games,
I am touching the sun.
I reach, tan cerca.
Again, tan cerca.
Finally! I have touched the sun.
¡Lo he hecho! He tocado el sol.

Author's Note

This is to me, personally, a very heartfelt poem. A young person is reaching, reaching, reaching to do the impossible and the spend their whole life reaching. By the time they die, they have done it. They have touched the sun.

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[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

It is a good thing to continue to reach higher and strive for better. Whether you attain the goals you are reaching for or not. Porque es la pasion de vida. And a celebration of life in the struggle and achievements one is able to accomplish in their victories. The results may not always be the success you expected or yearned for but it is all about the journey. Most artists usually achieve fame and recognition after death. So write because you love to and are moved to; not for anything else. And be true to the words you put out into the world.