MARIO BENEDETTI POEM RAINBOW

MARIO BENEDETTI POEM RAINBOW

MARIO BENEDETTI

POEM

RAINBOW

Sometimes

Of course

you smile

and it doesn't matter how cute

or the ugly

the old

or the young

how much

or the little

that you really

be

smile

what if it was

a revelation

and his smile cancels

all of the above

expire instantly

their faces as masks

his hard eyes

fragile

like oval mirrors

his mouth to bite

his chin of caprice

her fragrant cheekbones

his eyelids

his fear

smile

and you are born

assume the world

look

without looking

helpless

naked

transparent

And maybe

if the smile comes

of very

from deep inside

you can cry

simply

without tearing

without waking up

without summoning death

nor feel empty

cry

only cry

then his smile

if it still exists

It becomes a rainbow.