Meira Delmar -Olga Isabel Chams Eljach- (Barranquilla, Colombia, 1922-2009)

THE SPLENDOR

I never knew its name 

It could 

have been love, a bit 

of happiness, or simp- 

ly nothing. 

But it lighted up 

the day in such a way 

that its glow 

endures. 

It endures. 

And it burns