Two bodies

Bio

• Born 1914 in Mexico 
• Born into a politically active family in Mexico City
• He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1990 
• First Mexican author to received this honor
• Died 1998 

Two bodies face to face
are at times two waves
and night is an ocean.

Two bodies face to face
are at times two stones
and night a desert

Two bodies face to face
are at times two roots
laced into night

Two bodies face to face
are at times two knives
and night strikes sparks

Two bodies face to face
are two stars falling
in an empty sky