Octavio Paz

014 - Octavio Paz
by Saleh Badrah

I am hungry for life and for death also
I know what I know and I write it.
~ Octavio Paz (1914-1998)

Not dead, but in beauty within the confines
Of his superbly constructed castles
Of captivating verse and prose,
He lives, lived and forever will live,
Ever so ready to receive you,
Whoever and wherever you are.

Published in the Saudi Gazette, Thursday, 30 April 1998
Copyright © Saleh Badrah