Rest

Before the world ends

Let me rest in a cave by Cayey

So long as I can devour

Puma-rosas and carambolas every hour

To rid my flesh from its sluggish revival

Before forever let me sink again

Into the waters of my Mar Bella

Floating completely in the fullness

And that my feet find footing

At the bottom of her threshold

At those pearly gates

Let there be an abyss 

Just like her.

I don't think I'll ever again

Dive boldly against the ferocious currents

Of her immensity, a terrifying consolation

Of being forgiven

Over thrashing and screaming

Lest she take me away

I am who I'd hate to see in Heaven, but even then

Should I be ridden

She lets me down with a gentle wave.

Let me fall and soar against the clouds

Let me jump from the stars

Before the skies descend upon the Earth

And I can't see them anymore

From those valleys by the pier

And the forests of the coast

Where I relished in not knowing

That my offenses boast.

Let me watch from the grave

For just a millennium

To rest a fraction from the friction

And quiet my flame

Against God for the nation, our nature, and my name.