PASOS DE ANCIANOS
Un anciano camina
con paso lento
arrastrando un pies
cómo si fueran cadenas
de pesada conciencia.
Un sombrero gris
cubre su cabeza
y sobre su sombrero
una cinta negra.
Es como si llevara
una pesada pena
a sus espaldas
que lo inclina cabizbajo
mirando al suelo.
Sus pies cubiertos de polvo
y cayos que resecos
parecen de piedra
mientras sus manos
ásperas y mustias
cuelgan caídas
a sus extremos.
Lleva lo poco que le queda
en su andar cotidiano.
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FOOTSTEPS OF THE ELDERLY
An old man walks
with a slow step
dragging his feet
as if they were chains
of a heavy conscience.
A gray hat
covers his head
and over his hat
a black ribbon.
It's as if he carries
a heavy sorrow
on his back
that makes him bow his head
stare at the ground.
His feet are covered in dust
and calluses that, dried
out, look like stone
while his hands
rough and withered
hang drooping
at their ends.
He carries the little he has left
in his daily walk.
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