FOR VICTOR JARA

FOR VICTOR JARA

FOR VICTOR JARA

A poem tribute to Victor Jara

Victor Jara
Victor Jara 

Your name
bears the sound
of guitarra
your instrument of love  

Victor Jara
Victor Jara 

Your name
bears the sound
of tierra
the earth you cherished
like your mother’s songs 

How I wished
there was no need
for yet another poem
dedicated to hands
that still sing and bleed 

How I wished
the silence of this poem
was shattered now
by bullets of love
from your guitar 

Victor guitarra
Victor tierra
Victor ah Jara