Agitated peace

- Tens,
Hundreds,
Thousands,
A million -
A million beats per second
And they all sound out your name.

- in gasps -

My breath runs past me
Through tiny molecules of air
-Through insignificant specks of nothingness -
To the only resting place where
(nestled securely)
It finds comfort

Your Lips.

Flor

Aquel petalo que perdiste
Nunca regresó.

Tras los agijones de abejas,

Bajo el inclamante sol

- De especulación -

Tu belleza floreció.

Aún, ante la tempestad

Tus raices se arraigaron

Bajo el suelo arido

- Que tu majestuoso color avivó -

(Por tu tenacidad,

Por tu clamor de una vida plena).

El petalo que cayo de ti

En mi, para siempre, quedó.

Tela, Atlántida

The Empty World

As stiff as toys
And tall as men
And swaying like the wind torn trees
She talked about the empty world
With eyes like poisoned birds

She talked about the armies
That marched inside her head
And how they made her dreams go bad
But oh how happy she was
How proud she was
To be fighting in the war
In the empty world

As stiff as toys
And tall as men
And swaying like the wind torn trees
She talked about the empty world
With eyes like poisoned birds

R.S.