Mug in the hand
Book on the lap
Shawl on my head
Cat near my legs

A sight to see
A moment to feel
I sense the moon
Reaching outwards

Even if it is quite
Sounds ricochet
Even if it is dark
Light penetrates

Heart explodes
Tears of happiness
Bleeding laughter
Smiling euphoria

Even drowning
Or suffocating
In the dark
Hope surrounds me



© Sofia Villagrana 2019

Some days I wonder
Other days I slumber
All the days that I dream of
Fade away

And as I go to sleep I try very hard
To count the sheep but they keep moving on
And I run after them but they end up flying
Like cherry blossoms during the summer

I tried very hard to be a good person
But the butterflies flutter around me
They are afraid that it'll hurt them
That I will destroy them
But all I wanted was to feel an embrace

I don't understand why the flowers wilt away
Or why the apples turn brown and wrinkly
But I know

Is that the season come and go
And the times passes me by
All I want to go is sleep here with you
And forget the death that surrounds us on all sides
All I want to do is be here beside you

But life is creeping up and snatching us further apart

Flowers they flutter and shrink

I want to remind you of broken prayers
That we can always leave this world behind
But then we will have less time
So we will let time control us
I don't want to leave this world behind

All the colors they shine so brightly
And they fill my vision with a vibrancy I didn't see before

All I wanted was to live forever
But we all know that's impossible

And the world keeps changing colors from green to brown
The morning dew freezes up and shatters
Due to time

And the world will fall apart
I will have you in my arms
I know the pain's too much
Don't forget me

The pain will never fade
It will live inside our brains
We try to escape its grasp
But we're firmly in its clasp

But this is our purpose
All in due time

In The Name of Life

Life will shatter and grow from the burnt ground again

All the memories they grow like trees after snow
But they will never stop
When a person's heart stops beating
I will make sure that their soul lives inside you
So that you don't wilt away like the daisies of yesterday
I don't want to lose your friend
Your the only thing I have

I realize its all dream
We're you ever really there
Or was it a figment of my imagination
Trying to comfort me from

The Name of Life

Pain surrounds me
Like meadows of daisies
They are white and so pure
Against the burning

And I'll close my eyes



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

I want you to live happily
Free to talk and play
Dappy and so charming
I am not by your side
I giving you something more
Childhood you deserve



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

Skin fade into nothingness
Like butterfly wings
On a sunny day

Our hearts and lungs
Break and decay
Withered away like snakes

My feet are broken
Like sycamore trees
That are uprooted

My eyes do not see
Like the horizon
When it meets the sea

All of me
No longer seems to knows
What it feels to be alive



© Sofia Villagrana 2020

There is a weight in my bed
Where you sat and laid in

If we try to step back, retrace
Would it show on my face
Reminding you of this place

It is time to walk in my shoes
Hard making it up to you

There's a lump in my chest
Waiting for you to rest
But you are already dressed

I think it is cruel of you
Leave me out of the blue



© Sofia Villagrana 2019

I walk in the morning
Please walk ahead of me
You’ll come across a stream
Drowning in hues
Of yellow like the sun
Reflecting all my ambitions
Floating on the surface

Please don’t run
after paper airplanes
Aimlessly in the air
They will crash to the ground
into puddles of rain and snow
Dissolve like your dreams
And you’ll fade

Morning and afternoons
Standing here beside you
Rivers and ponds nearby
Wanted to swim in them
All of the time

Mother was calling out your name
But you just walked away
Into the forest down the path
Wanted to find something grand

And all these aspirations will drown
You hold on tightly to your delusions
Ignorance is truly a blessing
But as we age the hues become duller

And all the time and all the days
Memories still fade into a fog
And I wanted to grasp them
Instead, I ended up crushing them

But a war in your heart is raging
Youth or Wisdom fighting
Conflicted ideas running rampage

And you have yet to decide
Which path to take
Airplane or your mother
Adventure or simple comfort

Will you follow everyone
Knowing you’ll be normal?
Or will you go off
In an adventure?

Do you want to be alone all the time?
No mother or father at home
Would you waste away in the past
Not knowing the truth?
Or would you just end up dull
Knowing that nothing lasts?



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

I got my problems
******* with a red bow

I got precautions
Lining out of the door

And if I listen to them
I wouldn't know

All of the suffering
Outside my home

So I willfully ignore
All I need to know

In my own silence
Ignorance is my home



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

Burst of light
Ricochet against
Moving tides.

Memories float
To the surface
Of my mind.

Smiles creep
On my face.
Pleasant thoughts

Floating high.
Delirium and Pride
Cease to forget.

Moment arrives
For goodbye.
Yet I remember

A forgotten friend



© Sofia Villagrana 2020

Paint me a picture
Draw me a song
Sing me a poem

Bring me your dreams
Cover my eyes
In light fairy dust



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

yo no más te quería
yo no te queria dejar

yo no te metia
las palabras en tu bocas

para mi tu eres
un milagro
una belleza

para mi tus abrazos
muy fuertes
fortalezen

para mi tus labios
me dormian
tranquiliza

yo no mas te queria
para una enternidad



© Sofia Villagrana 2020

As I sleep
With Eyes Open
I still Hope
I still Dream

As I fade
Into Oblivion
My Heart Breaks
Shattered and Frayed

I Cried Out

Fragments of Myself
Pieces that are Broken
Do not Form
Do not Unite

Buried in Dirt
I Ache
Severed from Me
I Pray

I Mourn

Crystallizing Scars
My Arms are Weak
Body Weighed Down
Gold Seeping Through

As I Reconnect
I Awaken
To Pain
And Endless Suffering

I Am Outrage



© Sofia Villagrana 2020

Come crashing in
Into the oblivion
On the ledge's edge
Getting frighten
Ending the violence
Cease your cries
Escalating with hate
Telling this tale
Letting my spirit go
Gorging silence



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

My dog just passed away, unexpectedly
In the middle of a hot summer night
It was lying on its side, right next to me

I carry their body, inside my arms
As I look for a big old apple tree
So it can eat apples in heaven

I have all their blankets and toys with me
So that they do not get bored as they
Travel towards the shining bright stars

I still remember their white ears
As I scratched their head as we played
As such memories . . .

To late to give one final walk 'round the block

Such a beautiful morning, with birds singing
As I carry my friend in my arms
I wonder if they're singing them goodbye

Cars are driving by, as I cross the street
Is the black and red blob I see a dead cat?
I wish I had more arms to bring them along

Remember when I first brought you home
You hide underneath my bed
As such memories . . .

And when I gave you your first biscuit
You ran around in circles at my feet
Such a sight . . .

The sun shines brighter as you get heavier in my arms

We reach the cemetery, and right at the entrance
There's a big old red apple tree
I lay them on the floor as I dig

The pile of dirt keeps growing, as I am sweating
I want to make sure you don't dig yourself out
You loved to dig in my garden

When the hole is big and deep enough
I lay your body inside
With all of your belongings

I mark your grave, with your collar and leash
So I can visit when I leave school
I don't want to forget your name

I still feel you on the right side of my bed as I sleep



© Sofia Villagrana 2022

I was calling you
During yesterday
All the moaning
From your bedroom
Must have muffled
My screaming
You didn't hear me
I was pleading

For salvation
From damnation
Some sign of
Exclamation

But you didn't answer
Now I am here to suffer
burning with desire
like a vibrant fire
But what does it consume
Is it me or you?



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

White noise fills my head
Keeping me ahead
Echoing and rebound
Pounding against my cranium

Pulsating headaches
Retching up my lunch
Spit slipping out
Waterfalls cascade out

See the world in negative
Stars shimmy in front
Clammy hands are quivering
Fingers becoming numb

Sweats and aches in bed
Swearing I'll be dead
Passed out on the lawn
Come morning I'll be gone



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

He'll never come back
Karma following that boy
Chasing down his lies
People point and cry
No escape until he dies



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

I am sinking into darkness
Into pain and uncertainty

Noises join to make
Harmonies

I am standing on an island
Facing west without direction

All the voices that I hear
Remedies

Visions fly past me at night
Whales sing with delight

Wails that I listen
Discoveries

The hole in my heart remains
But it still beats



© Sofia Villagrana 2020