La Mar en Su Plenitud
by José Alfredo Escobar Martínez
La mar se desborda en sí misma.
Agobiada de su inmensidad
Procura desatar sus orillas
Y burlar el acecho de las olas
Y perderse,
Como aquel barco,
En el horizonte.
The Sea at Its Apogee
by José Alfredo Escobar Martínez
The sea overflows its own shore.
Overwhelmed by its vastness
It strives to break past its shoreline
And mock threats of waves
And lose itself,
Like that ship,
On the horizon.
translated from Spanish by Wendy Call