los ojos no tienen miedo::the eyes are not afraid

 Los ojos no tienen miedo

ni son valientes.

"Tengo ojos,

no puntos de vista."

¿Qué hago

yo detrás de los ojos?

Rafael Cadenas

Selected Poems

bid&co. editor, Caracas, Venezuela (2009)

 The eyes are not afraid

nor are they brave.

"I have eyes,

not points of view."

What am I

doing behind my eyes?

Rafael Cadenas

Selected Poems

Translated by Rowena Hill

bid&co. editor, Caracas, Venezuela (2009)