Ernesto P. Santiago Poet Bio

Sweater

I had wished-
to build a castle
and I did it, 

a sandcastle,
on the islands of
dreams, under the thick

eyebrows of the sun 
of yesterday,
tomorrow, and today

with my soul, 
mind, and 
thought,

but the waves, 
of Posiedonias, rippled,
forcefully erasing 

the mark of innocence
into adulthood, 
yet the “I” in me was 

not intimidated. Now I build 
no more, not of castles, 
nor of fortresses,  

but I do weave 
and right now, I am weaving
this sweater of 

tropical words, 
for you,
to wear, someday.

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