Fading
WE ARE A SOUL
having a human experience.
YOU CAME HERE TO REMEMBER.
HOY VINISTE A RECORDAR.
Y tu reflejo…
es la puerta para conectar
con la profundidad
de tu verdad.
Your mirror holds the memory,
you are the answer
to the forgotten question.
Canto para ti,
en una oración
que respira
luz de luna
y puro amor.
¿quién eres —
cuando te miras con el corazón?
Escucha…
El canto suave,
como agua que lava,
como brisa que abraza,
como tierra que sabe.
Sing the way soil speaks —
with silence,
hummingbird wings
stardust /dancing.
¿Lo oyes?
esa voz que murmura
quién debes ser —
pero no es la tuya
NO ES LA TUYA.
Do you hear it?
that voice
that lingers —
soft,
but sharp.
it tells you
who you should be —
yet is not your own
… is not your own!
¿Quién te enseñó
a temer la curva?
a esconder la sombra,
a silenciar la forma
que florece en ti?
Who taught you
to hide the heat
of your holy?
To shrink your shine
/to fit inside
someone else’s silence?
Do you remember?
who you were —before
someone else
told you
who you should be?
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¿Recuerdas?
quién eras antes
de apagar tu luz
para no molestar,
de afinar tu voz
para encajar…
Echoes of the past,
every morning.
Do you hear them?
The voices —
rebounding,
resounding —
through the hollow hallways
of shame.
Deja fluir,
las memorias de agua —
eres más que el reflejo.
Suelta el miedo,
hasta que la forma
sea liberada,
y alcance la otra orilla
donde la gota
entiende
que es mar.
Let go.
Let form fall.
You are the ocean
in a single drop.
The one that fades…
is it you?
blurred by mirrors,
bruised by opinions,
undeniably human —
and still…divine.
Y emerge…mi canto.
libre.
sin forma.
con raíz.
como tierra que sabe
que incluso agrietada…sigue viva.
**Love yourself**
despite the ease
with which you lean
towards the opposite.
**What do you see?**
Look again.
Smile at that stranger.
Go beyond the wound.
Feel the warmth.
See the shadow —
of your own sacred fire.
**Seeing without you,
through you,
disappearing…
fading…**
And yet —**you remain.**
More than the voice.
More than the body.
More than the mirror.
**You are.**
…**enough.**
