By Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
OBLIVION’S ASHES
Let’s take flight
like oblivion’s ashes
I will find
you in swirling breezes
Let’s tear up
the skies, you and me
On autumn
days when skies are gray
Show me your
sadness, I’ll show you mine
What thoughts have
you about me and you?
I know we
can live in harmony
Let’s take flight
on autumn days
when skies are grey
like oblivion’s ashes.
LEFT WANTING
I am left wanting
of everything
the world takes away.
I don’t seek excess.
I take a deep breath
and turn off the lights.
I find a cozy
bed, fall asleep,
and I dream away.
I let everything
go and sing a
melancholy song.
CLOUDY EYES
I stand on the balcony
crying rain from cloudy
eyes. It is a steady stream.
It becomes a storm being
pushed by the wind. If I
could, I would try to keep
it all inside. But the rain
falls out from cloudy eyes
like waterfalls. How it falls.
How it falls out of control.
I spray the crying rain with
fierce strength. It becomes
a raging flood. It falls
and falls till the world ends.
Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal lives in California, works in Los Angeles in the mental health field, and is the author of Raw Materials (Pygmy Forest Press).His poetry has appeared in Blue Collar Review, Borderless Journal, Escape Into Life, Mad Swirl, and Unlikely Stories. His latest poetry book, Make the Water Laugh, was published by Rogue Wolf Press. Kendra Steiner Editions has published 8 of his chapbooks.
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