Marcelo Ballve '98

Una Oracion (a prayer)

when i sleep, stroke me with whispers. while i dream, embrace me with your breath, be sure you breathe deep. come to me dark and warm, and let your voice play secret games with my eyes, they invite the flow of lips and the flutter of a tongue...

let me be touched by peace, as if peace itself sought me for comfort and found in me, rest... let serenity be my lover, laying soft forgiving hands across the nakedness of my pain, kissing the broken skin of yesterday's sorrows.

and may serenity be my lover and peace my close friend.

allow me to know the taste of trust and the scent of my faith, may love be my nourishment, may my hunger never cease...

and let trust be my daily bread and faith my sweet wine...

when i sleep, while i dream, let me be touched and let me be kissed, let me taste and let me smell, and as i lay, i shall bring wine to my lips, sip softly, and drink to my lover and to my close friend.