Poetry

I Want to Love You Loudly

I want to love you loudly butNot like a gunshot. AvalancheCould cut it, at least inStrength and power and youKnow I’m coming and youCan’t escape. I want to loveYou warmly. No moreMountains or dead cold. TheConstant ocean crash. AnOminous enveloping ofCicadas. What brightness youBring to my life. But light isSilent. I will be a song,…

Cual Miedo / What Fear

Cuál miedo semueve por lasVenas yLevanta laAlma delOscuro? LaMismaEsperanza deMañana. VayaPor calles yBaile en sillasHasta la ciel.Siempre, loIncierto seAvecina yNuestra viajeEmpiece otraVez. — What fearMovesThrough veinsAnd lifts theSoul fromDarkness? TheSame hope asTomorrow. GoThrough theStreets andDance onChairs untilYou reach theSky. Always,The uncertainLooms and ourJourneyBegins again.

Floating on Oceans

Floating on oceans taught me well.The best swimmer still drowns in aWell. We all need help. When the kidsAsk what happened to the trees do weSay they fell? The wick tells a tale asIt burns. Wind will fill a sail once youLearn to turn. Front is the bow; back isThe stern. You only earn your…