Escuchas crecer una flor

You hear a flower grow
You don’t care if an engine roars
There’s always water when it rains
If there’s incense, there’s a scent
You hear a flower grow.

A barking dog doesn’t matter
No shout can break your peace
Because you can run like water in a basket
Begging for your life and your scent.

And you collect
The autumn flowers
And petals from a forest that died
And on the edge of winter
Your books grow old
And you manage to fall asleep
On soft cotton
Wrapped in the warm scent
Of winter in your bed
Kissing your skin
And you wait for the sun to return.

And in a second
You circle the globe
And you ask it to wait for dinner
If a year is just an hour
Why don’t you appreciate it
When you’re listening to a flower
As it grows, a flower.

You don’t care if an engine roars
If you can’t find me
I’m right next to you
Wanting to learn how to live.

But fear will turn you into a child without wanting to.