by Arturo Hernández González
"Happiness is written in white ink on white pages".
—Montherlant
Through you, the light that shadows spurn
finds my heart, where it dares to burn:
a tender voice that shines, displayed,
against which my body, bare, is laid.
Illuminated, the letters call—
the naked revolt of urgent love for us.
I write, my soul held captive tight,
within these words I weave tonight.
We are honest, stripped of lies,
as secrets gleam with unveiled skies.
I kiss you with a naked might—
the muscle that shapes both life and tongue,
a trembling song to the hollow night.
You rest upon my tongue’s soft end;
I drink the rain your voice suspends,
the color your name allows to blend.
Write white on white—
your heart, my lips, alight.
Your name, a question, fierce and red,
your word, the fire where thoughts are led.
Your mouth blinds mine with love unspoken,
its forbidden ache—a law, once broken.
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ABOUT THE POET ~
Colombian poet, translator, and teacher, specializing in university pedagogy. His work has been awarded and featured in prominent cultural and literary publications and has been translated into Italian, Romanian, Bulgarian, French, English, Greek, and Albanian. He is the author of works such as 'Olor a Muerte' (2011; 2012), 'Breviario de lo incierto' (2017; 2024), 'Presagios del insomnio' (2025), and 'Terca materia inexacta' (2025). He has received the I International Literary Prize Letras de Iberoamérica – Poetry (Mexico, 2017), the IV National Poetry Prize Plenilunio 'Leopoldo de Quevedo y Monroy' (Colombia, 2023), and the IV Poetry Contest 'Cezarina Dos Santos Álvarez' (Uruguay, 2023). For over a decade, he has directed the international culture and arts magazine Noche Laberinto and the publishing house Toska.
Last updated February 19, 2025