Yo adivino el parpadeo
de las luces que a lo lejos
van marcando mi retorno

Son las mismas que alumbraron
con sus palidos reflejos
hondas horas de dolor

Y aunque no quise el regreso
siempre se vuelve
al primer amor

La vieja calle
donde me cobijo
tuya es su vida
tuyo es su querer

Bajo el burlón
mirar de las estrellas
que con indiferencia
hoy me ven volver

Volver
con la frente marchita
las nieves del tiempo
platearon mi sien

Sentir
que es un soplo la vida
que veinte anos no es nada
que febril la mirada
errante en las sombras
te busca y te nombra

Vivir
con el alma aferrada
a un dulce recuerdo
que lloró otra vez

Tengo miedo del encuentro
con el pasado que vuelve
a enfrentarse con mi vida

Tengo miedo de las noches
que pobladas de recuerdos
encadenen mi sonar

Pero el viajero que huye
tarde o temprano
detiene su andar

Y aunque el olvido
que todo destruye
haya matado mi vieja ilusión

guardo escondida
una esperanza humilde
que es toda la fortuna
de mi corazón

Volver
con la frente marchita
las nieves del tiempo
platearon mi sien

Sentir
que es un soplo la vida
que veinte años no es nada
que febril la mirada
errante en las sombras
te busca y te nombra

Vivir
con el alma aferrada
a un dulce recuerdo
que lloró otra vez


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