Once I was a sailor,

one of those who tie the knots,

intoxicated by the breeze

of a tortuous sea

and imaginary seagulls.

                                                     Today

                                             I            am

                                                   a ship:

                                                                        heaving

                            pitching,

                                              dead calm,

 

with land

                                                                     in sight,

and a storm behind,

that will catch up tomorrow,

or in two days,

or in three,

I become a sailor again.

Photography by Carlos Arturo Gómez Robles