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" I travel your body, like the world,

your belly is a plaza full of sun,

your breasts two churches where blood

performs its own, parallel rites,

my glances cover you like ivy,

you are a city the sea assaults,

a stretch of ramparts split by the light

in two halves the color of peaches,

a domain of salt, rocks and birds,

under the rule of oblivious noon,

dressed in the color of my desires,

you go your way naked as my thoughts,

I travel your eyes, like the sea,

tigers drink their dreams in those eyes,

the hummingbird burns in those flames,

I travel your forehead, like the moon,

like the cloud that passes through your thoughts,

I travel your belly, like your dreams,

your skirt of corn ripples and sings,
your skirt of crystal, your skirt of water,
your lips, your hair, your glances rain
all through the night, and all day long
you open my chest with your fingers of water,
you close my eyes with your mouth of water,
you rain on my bones, a tree of liquid
sending roots of water into my chest, "

Octavio Paz , Sunstone/Piedra De Sol


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Octavio Paz quote : I travel your body, like the world, <br /><br />your belly is a plaza full of sun, <br /><br />your breasts two churches where blood <br /><br />performs its own, parallel rites, <br /><br />my glances cover you like ivy, <br /><br />you are a city the sea assaults, <br /><br />a stretch of ramparts split by the light <br /><br />in two halves the color of peaches, <br /><br />a domain of salt, rocks and birds, <br /><br />under the rule of oblivious noon, <br /><br />dressed in the color of my desires, <br /><br />you go your way naked as my thoughts, <br /><br />I travel your eyes, like the sea, <br /><br />tigers drink their dreams in those eyes, <br /><br />the hummingbird burns in those flames, <br /><br />I travel your forehead, like the moon, <br /><br />like the cloud that passes through your thoughts, <br /><br />I travel your belly, like your dreams, <br /><br />your skirt of corn ripples and sings, <br />your skirt of crystal, your skirt of water, <br />your lips, your hair, your glances rain <br />all through the night, and all day long <br />you open my chest with your fingers of water, <br />you close my eyes with your mouth of water, <br />you rain on my bones, a tree of liquid <br />sending roots of water into my chest,