Fernando Delgadillo
Miscellaneous
Guillermo's Wedding
Guillermo's call
was not an example of chance.
He is a few years older than me,
I no longer thought he was going to get married.
At cousin Guillermo's wedding
I found something about myself again.
The reception brought together in the afternoon
trees, shadows and a garden
with an endless number of faces so dear
that today they grow huge before me.
The photo with my brothers, I hug my aunt
I missed the voice of the uncle who is no longer here
but for those who are leaving I saw new smiles
childish faces , family air.
My grandmother talked to her brother and
told her everything
jokes that became more colorful at the table.
The afternoon was falling that fled in red tones
between dances, music, noise and color.
Cousin Guillermo's wedding
was not a chance event.
There was something like the love of boyfriends
and reunions that Guillermo put together
and by the time the night came there were memories
that the moon illuminated.
Cousin, did you know that I still have some soldiers
who have never been to a battlefield
for when I walk with you
I don't know where to dig trenches
a the ones you want to look at,
yes, you were my older brother and I
I don't remember
when you stopped playing.
It would be at school or at parties
we didn't have a girlfriend
nor did we have anything else to dream about.
Dreaming on those roads that led
far away, and that never brought us together again.
Cousin Guillermo's wedding
he summoned me to celebrate
At Guillermo's wedding
the drinks I had too many
took my soul to its extremes
and they overflowed my happiness
I recovered with a day off
but the memory will remain.

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