Every word is a doubt,
every silence another doubt.
However,
the intertwining of both
lets us breathe.
All sleeping is a sinking down,
all waking another sinking.
However,
the intertwining of both
lets us rise up again.
All life is a form of vanishing,
all death another form.
However,
the intertwining of both
lets us be a sign in the void.
— Roberto Juarroz [trans. W.S Merwin]. With thanks to Howard Altmann.