Waiting With Eternal Innocence

Gentle breeze threads across the leaves Of forlorn trees. Their wishes denied. Voracious coldness penetrates The shivering hearts, The most vulnerable selves. For some of us are like those trees With solid roots still anchored In the flower of eternal innocence. Its petals intact and fresh As we know of no armor to protect The…

Broken Mirrors

Broken mirrors Lost expectations Blatant knives Visible on the horizon. Someone is Dwelling in doubts. Profound disillusion. Everything melting with The heat wave. Decomposed, torn apart This family of mine.

The Escalator

I hold my folding bike and slowly tread On a different surface today, instead. I enter a huge shopping mall, A place I do not like at all. Believe me, what is the point of my being here If I dislike any mall’s atmosphere. Figure out there are more humans who abhor such places Of…

Moon Fisherboy

Someone unplugged and unscrewed the moon and the stars. They were stolen away from us and we were left with a dark blanket, covering the surface of the Earth, under which we must live our lives. Amid the darkness, in the sky of a salted night, some of us sit by the same old sea,…

The Thread Of Intimate Resistance

Ominous winds sweep the earth Brazen. Flames get higher and almost Burn you. Breathing fresh air while rowing Your journey Goes on. The piercing ground lies at your feet, The sheltering sky is also pierced And more distant Than ever. Take your needle Start to sow Recompose the broken pieces Of life’s puzzle. This thread…

A Silent Voice

A silent voice conveys the absurdity Of fear instilled With perversity. That which the hours have just started To gnaw To chew To eat away with the passing of our Limited time Toppling the glass Half-empty or half-full? Never mind, in the end The glass is overwhelmed: Broken promises burned every day. Once the rain…

Estancia oscurecida (Spanish + English translation)

Cuando del cielo negras nubes de tormenta desencadenan la tempestad que siempre ominosa, se avecina lenta y amenazan con su crueldad a esta desdichada tierra, entonces penetran a través de una ventana traspasando la tenue cortina dentro de aquella estancia divina cuya luz es radiante como la mañana y alegría es lo que encierra.  …