26
Jun
07

To an Extraordinary Woman

 

Jojo_3


No More Clichés
Beautiful face
That like a daisy opens its petals to the sun
So do you
Open your face to me as I turn the page.

Enchanting smile
Any man would be under your spell,
Oh, beauty of a magazine.

How many poems have been written to you?
How many Dantes have written to you, Beatrice?
To your obsessive illusion
To you manufacture fantasy.

But today I won’t make one more Cliché
And write this poem to you.
No, no more clichés.

This poem is dedicated to those women
Whose beauty is in their charm,
In their intelligence,
In their character,
Not on their fabricated looks.

This poem is to you women,
That like a Sheherazade wake up
Everyday with a new story to tell,
A story that sings for change
That hopes for battles:
Battles for the love of the united flesh
Battles for passions aroused by a new day
Battle for the neglected rights
Or just battles to survive one more night.

Yes, to you women in a world of pain
To you, bright star in this ever-spending universe
To you, fighter of a thousand-and-one fights
To you, friend of my heart.

From now on, my head won’t look down to a magazine
Rather, it will contemplate the night
And its bright stars,
And so, no more clichés.

Octavio Paz




10 Responses to “To an Extraordinary Woman”


  1. 1    miRacLe June 27, 2007 at 12:53 am

    You’re making me cry…
    Sentimental fool, I love you so much…

  2. 2    Franzopoy June 27, 2007 at 5:54 am

    likewise. oh please lets be grown ups. hehe you really are extraordinary. we both are in our odd little ways. im just glad youre here to keep me sane

  3. 3    miRacLe June 27, 2007 at 6:29 am

    Dahlin’, am here to keep you insane! =P

  4. 4    miRacLe June 27, 2007 at 6:48 am

    I’m picturing us walking hand in hand…

    *The Extraordinary Machine and The Extraordinary Woman*

    haha… insane indeed… =D

  5. 5    Franzopoy June 29, 2007 at 7:09 am

    murag daun ug si dorothy and that tin man sa the wizard of Oz. strange.

  6. 6    miRacLe June 29, 2007 at 9:27 am

    Haha… that’s a nice and funny allegory…

    “Somewhere, over the rainbow…”

  7. 7    MarieAntoinette July 12, 2007 at 7:10 am

    wow…… stop me from crying…. mir, you deserve this…..
    ki, amazing!

  8. 8    Franzopoy July 13, 2007 at 7:20 am

    hail another extraordinary cohort on the page. tonet. your words are welcome here

    all the love

  9. 9    Viori October 26, 2008 at 6:19 am

    Занимаюсь дизайном и хочу попросить автора love-ridden.blog.friendster.com отправить шаьлончик на мой мыил) Готов заплатить…

  10. 10    Фотограф November 1, 2008 at 11:51 am

    Дабе немного отвлечься, предлагаю высказывать мнение за чертой о предыдущем пользователе.
    Например:
    —(делаем такую черту)
    Позитивная запись, ещё бы немного длиннее и в самый раз. (это текст)

    Идею взял с ЖЖ ) Надеюсь поддержите!

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