Broken

BROKEN

all the mirrors,

disfigured even on the reverse side
one’s own name undeveloped,
our footsteps faded,
your I
my you
—invisible trail—
survive us.

 RAFAEL CARCELÉN, SPAIN (Chinchilla, 1961).
Translation Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley Barkan
From the book Por amor al arte published by the University of Alicante, 2018.