Ojos Cobardes

Alone in darkness weakened by the night A pit I dig to trap my foolish self. Success! I’m trapped and hidden from the light, From eyes that dwell above earths solid shelf. As stone I sit immobile, empty, bleak; Not dead yet frozen by inertia’s power I should escape but will is broken, weak. I […]

I squeeze the rose and blood drips from my palm, As skin is pierced by thorns, my nerves cry out. My clothing stains with crimson truths that calm The passion shared and feeds my bitter doubt. The petals flutter wilting toward the earth Like melting scarlet snowflakes they decay And lose their value; tarnished beyond […]

Her soviet nature echoes over walls From deep inside, where yet he’s not allowed. He stands in bitter cold beneath the shroud, The shadows weaken hope; and yet he calls. In warm emotion a new cold war begins Their closeness hindered; both dare not offend. In rigid peace they talk, they share, they bend, As […]