Rafael Jesús González
The Towers
(September 11, 2001)
The towers fall as if,
seen through crossed eyes,
a Goliath fell brought down by a David.
Behind the myths
who of us is the guilty?
Who the innocent?What is the distance
between justice and vengeance?
Death is inevitable, not fair.
And when the innocent are caught
in the webs of violence, it is terrible.
May the Earth hold them in rest.
If we would make a monument
worthy of their deaths,
in honor & memory of them,
let us pledge ourselves
to freedom,
true justice,
world peace.
For if death be not just
let just be our lives.
Las Torres
(11 septiembre 2001)
Se derriban las torres como
si visto por ojos cruzados,
cayera un Goliat abatido por un David.
Detrás de los mitos
¿quiénes somos los culpables?
¿quiénes los inocentes?
¿Cual es la distancia
entre la justicia y la venganza?
La muerte es inevitable, no justa.
Y cuando los inocentes caen
en las redes de la violencia, es terrible.
Que la Tierra los tenga en descanso.
Si monumento hiciéramos
digno de sus muertes
en honor y memoria de ellos
comprometámonos
a la libertad,
a la justicia verdadera,
a la paz mundial.
Que si la muerte no es justa,
justas sean nuestras vidas.
Copyright (C)Rafael Jesús González, 2007. All rights reserved.
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