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Tuesday October 21, 2025
AREA: Poetry
Te voy a decir algo / I’m gonna tell you something
r/KeepWriting - Alchemy of Poetic words (#7) / Alquimia de Palabras Poéticas (#7): Te voy a decir algo / I’m gonna tell you something
Poem #7 / Poema #7
Original Title / Título original: Te voy a decir algo
English Title: I’m gonna to tell you something
Design: Salvador Jaramillo
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Introduction (Feel free to skip if you’ve read previous poem in the series)
As I’ve mentioned before, this series — Alchemy of Poetic Words / Alquimia de Palabras Poéticas — is a project I began in 2013. It’s a quiet collection of poems born from memory, emotion, and fleeting moments, carefully gathered over the years in my notebooks. Back then, I dreamed of turning them into a book, each paired with original illustrations by Salvador Jaramillo, a gifted designer and colleague from Mexico. Salvador illustrated works by Indigenous writers, and his art carries a deep, poetic connection to Mexican culture.
Now, here we are — with Poem #7. In this case, Salvador designed a page for two Poems. For this post I have separated them, so each mini-poem can breathe in its own. So this one is brief. It is the second part of a page in the original design. It still gives you a taste of that Alchemy…
Alquimia de Palabras Poéticas (#7): Te voy a decir algo
- Alchemy of Poetic words (#7) / Alquimia de Palabras Poéticas (#7):
Te voy a decir algo / I’m gonna tell you something
Te voy a decir algo / I’m gonna tell you something
TE VOY A DECIR ALGO
— Te voy a decir algo… ¡Estoy enamorado de ti!
— ¿Qué se supone que te tengo que contestar?
— No te pregunté nada. Sólo quería que lo supieras.
Alquimia de Palabras Poéticas (#7): Te voy a decir algo
Englih Version
I’M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING
— I’m going to tell you something…I’m in love with you.
— What am I supposed to answer?
— I didn’t ask you anything. I just wanted you to know.
This mini-dialogue shows a moment where finally a lover decides to confess his feeling. A very challenging moment.
He doesn’t look up. Doesn’t ask for anything back. Just lets it hang there — exposed, fragile, finally free.
I would love to hear how would you answer them in the comments!
Salvador’s original design for this poem was spare and resonant — perfect for its quiet intensity. The AI-generated image keeps given me the same image a in the precedent poem (#6). I would like to experiment with other AI, but for now I am just playing with Qwen image generating.
Still, I wonder: Would you like to see more visual interpretations? Perhaps alternate AI versions, or even your own sketch in response (maybe an image with the challenging moment)? If this poem stirs an image in your mind, I’d be honored to see it.