RAQUEL CHAVEZ
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Form of Life

Good-bye is a way
of speaking.
It is a form of life,
by work and grace
of the sand,
by wind and thirst
that carries and releases
the water.
I come to say good-bye,
I come with wings
in this wind.
With the wall
without horizon
good-bye is as much
stone for this loving hand
that writes
good-bye.