[Miss Scarlett]

I Am Not I

I am not I
I am this one
Walking beside me whom I do not see,
Whom at times I manage to visit,
And whom at other times I forget;
Who remains calm and silent while I talk,
And forgives, gently, when I hate,
Who walks where I am not,
Who will remain standing when I die.

From Lorca and Jimenez: Selected Poems by
Juan Ramon Jimenez, translated by Robert Bly