Death passed by and said it would return.

Death passed by and said it would return.
I was barely two years old and I was close to drowning
that day.
Seventy have already passed and he has forgotten me
I hope it will take time because I'm still working;
and things are always pending
when we are finishing.

I'm not worried about the return because it has no remedy,
and if I have a little left over from the time that he has left me
I keep preparing myself dedicated to poetry,
which is the shortest path between heaven and earth,
It is the language of angels
and why not?
It is the divine word.

         Frank Calle (Feb/23/2022)