measure

January 2015

5 years ago

my life weighed 26 kilograms

and fit the 50 x 34 x 81 centimeters of a suitcase

which travelled the full 8,809 kilometers that landed me here

on that cold, cold 27^thof January

2,010, in the Gregorian calendar

 

my weight, my age, my height

the exact amount of currency I held

and the expiry date of my residence permit

were carefully recorded

 

now

exactly 650 meters away

from the 2^ndstory

40m2 studio

(door number 132)

in which I’ve lived for the past 4 years

the future’s promise is laid-out on 60 square meters

2 stories, an attic

2 windows and a door in the front

a 3.08 x 1.65 kitchen

and a 6m3 van to move my stuff

 

unlike the cabalist

i ignore

if the grand product of all these numbers means something

 

but my hope knows no measure

 

Jorge Meija Hernandez