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ANA CASTILLO BIO

Black Dove: Mama, Mi'jo, and Me

ANACASTILLO (1953-  )


I ASK THE IMPOSSIBLE

I ask the impossible: love me forever.
Love me when all desire is gone.
Love me with the single mindedness of a monk.
When the world in its entirety,
and all that you hold sacred advise you
against it: love me still more.
When rage fills you and has no name: love me.
When each step from your door to our job tires you--
love me; and from job to home again.

Love me when you're bored--
when every woman you see is more beautiful than the last,
or more pathetic, love me as you always have:
not as admirer or judge, but with
the compassion you save for yourself
in your solitude.

Love me as you relish your loneliness,
the anticipation of your death,
mysteries of the flesh, as it tears and mends.
Love me as your most treasured childhood memory--
and if there is none to recall--
imagine one, place me there with you.
Love me withered as you loved me new.

Love me as if I were forever--
and I, will make the impossible
a simple act,
by loving you, loving you as I do.
     

            -Ana Castillo



'YO PIDO EL IMPOSIBLE'

Yo pido el imposible: ámame por siempre.
Ámame cuando el deseo se haya ido.
Ámame con la resolución de un monje.
Cuando el mundo entero,
y todo lo que tienes por sagrado, te aconseje
lo contrario: ámame aún más.
Cuando la ira te llene y ya no tenga nombre: ámame.
Cuando cada paso de la puerta al trabajo te agote–
ámame; y hazlo de nuevo del trabajo a casa.

Ámame cuando te aburras,
cuando cada mujer que observes sea más hermosa que la anterior,
o más patética, ámame como lo has hecho:
no como admirador o como juez, sino con
esa compasión que en soledad
reservas para ti.

Ámame como disfrutas de tu desamparo,
del anticipo de tu muerte,
de los misterios de la carne, que se desgarra y se remienda.
Ámame como a tu más atesorada memoria de la infancia
–y si no tienes–
imagina una, y ponme allí contigo.

Ámame marchita como me amaste fresca.
Ámame como si yo fuera por siempre,
y haré del imposible
un simple acto,
por amarte, como yo te amo.


                        -Ana Castillo



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  • welcome
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      • Picture this post david yarrow
      • WCIU David yarrow
      • Le Bon David Yarrow
      • ABC7 Roz Varon David yarrow
    • THE NEW ART EXAMINER: DAVID YARROW
    • WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL: History of the Chess Queen
    • DAVID YARROW - HELLO MAGAZINE PRE
    • DAVID YARROW: "North Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s popularity has never been higher"
    • ROBERT FLEISCHMAN ABC7 INTERVIEW
    • ARICA HILTON - WOMANSCAPE
    • LA FEMME - Michigan Avenue Magazine
    • BLAKE WARD - Art Diversions
  • VIDEOS
  • Photo Gallery
    • SINATRA: MY KIND OF TOWN Private Dinner
    • DAVID YARROW WILD ENCOUNTERS
    • HISTORY OF THE CHESS QUEEN- 09/08/17
    • LA FEMME: BEAUTY & FORM - 06/30/16
    • Ana Castillo Book Signing - 06/10/16
    • EXPLORING STONE (Dialogue Between Susan Aurinko & Jyl Bonaguro) - 06/02/16
    • John Perkins Book Signing - 05/06/16
    • BLAKE WARD "Inner Perceptions, Outer Reflections" 4/7/16
    • An Evening with Eve Ozer - 03/11/16
    • Ann Catherine - Fashion Event - 02/05/16
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