An Umbrella

My eyes softened from the intensity of the lights As if the sun shrinks in the midst of the noisy nights Then we close my ears so as not to hear cursing And throwing stones as if I disgraced the village Eternity or raising hands to embrace the angels My heart is sinking like four stars extinguished Dusk kisses me and then goes and lets me hug myself And then I'm lying down with stabbing blood drenching me Then you leave me like a painting by a crazy painter And in my hands a pen and paper colored red, like me My heart dipped in tossed bread crumbs for the park duck I want to die, but I'm afraid. Lord, give me another moment Seeing my life in the eyes of someone who considers me transient The rain wets me. I'm waiting for you to give me an umbrella Or wait for you to hold my frozen hand under the cold drops