from Diary of Venezuelan Transgender Woman - NaPoWriMo # 8

from Diary of Venezuelan Transgender Woman

A translation of Ezdras Parra’s poem: 

Al fin y al cabo solo existe esta sombra harapienta 

At the end of the day

there is just this raggedy shadow

to where I’ve been condemned

without pain, without complaining

the place where I pound my firewood

and grind my bread

where I gather my scattered bones

there, right there

that place from where I’m returning

with my piece of the wall.