Epiphany
Life is
the spaces between
the leaves. Experience is
the light that sneaks through
and touches the tangible
growth, the real, the is.
Maybe a water bead glints,
maybe fragrance rises,
maybe a shadow of buttery color
deepens into gold.
Faith is
a mote, swift and sudden
movement in the viewer’s eyes,
recognizing something,
a wish, a truth,
the possibility of knowing.
Epifanía
La vida es
los espacios entre
las hojas. La experiencia es
la luz que se cuela
y toca el tangible
crecimiento, lo real, el estar.
Tal vez una gota de agua brilla
tal vez la fragancia se eleva,
tal vez una sombra de color a mantequilla
se profundiza en oro.
La fe es
un movimiento como una mota,
rápido y repentino
en los ojos del espectador,
reconociendo algo,
un deseo, una verdad,
la posibilidad de conocer.
~ These poems were translated by Maria Lander Cabrere and Eileen LaFontaine. They were narrated by Maggie Gagliardi and Alejandra Camacho.
Nancy Cook is a writer and teaching artist with a wanderlust. She serves as flash fiction editor for Kallisto Gaia Press and also runs “The Witness Project,” a program of free community writing workshops in Minneapolis designed to enable creative work by underrepresented voices.