Emily, from our time in La Rochelle
I've felt that part of my life is settled,
since within you I've found my other half.
Now, in front of those that have loved you best,
I promise to keep lit my devotion
throughout my days, be they cold or rainy,
through my afflictions, in health –if it comes–,
and, if I can, all through night eternal
just to kiss you and to hold you again.
Jorge Luis Pérez Armijos
guayaquileño; 1987