Green Eyes
Her green eyes were green.
I had never seen green eyes
So green. To be honest,
my experience with green eyes
altogether was limited.
But her green eyes, I would remember.
Yes, that much is certain.
I would remember how green they were.
I would remember them in all their greenness.
Anyway, when she pressed up against him
in that tiny wooden bar surrounded
by pine trees, mist, green trails
disappearing into night-green tunnels,
clusters of green grapes growing on green slopes
cut into green mountains that soared
above a blue-green valley, he must
have dove into those green eyesand learned to swim in green.
If not, he drowned.
Thanks for reading! This piece comes from my book Raspberry. If you enjoyed it, please check out the poem recorded to music below and follow me on YouTube for more.
Spanish Translation:
Ojos Verdes
Sus ojos eran verdes.
Nunca había visto unos ojos
tan verdes. Para ser honesto,
mi experiencia con ojos verdes
en general era limitada.
Pero sus ojos verdes, los recordaría.
Sí, eso es seguro.
Recordaría lo verdes que eran.
Los recordaría en toda su verdor.
De todos modos, cuando ella se acercó a él
en ese pequeño bar de madera rodeado de pinos, niebla,
senderos verdes desapareciendo en túneles verdes nocturnos,
racimos de uvas verdes creciendo en pendientes verdes
cortadas en montañas verdes que se elevaban
sobre un valle azul-verde, él debe haberse
sumergido en esos ojos verdes
y aprendido a nadar en el verde.
Si no, se ahogó
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