Talking Back

Sep 2019

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plunged head over heels
down your gently sloped nature
for you i did fall

Sep 2019

Federico García Lorca

Ay, the pain it costs me
to love you as I love you!

For love of you, the air, it hurts,
and my heart,
and my hat, they hurt me.

Who would buy it from me,
this ribbon I am holding,
and this sadness of cotton,
white, for making hankerchiefs with?

Ay, the pain it costs me
to love you as I love you!

Talking Back Sep 2019

Mother Earth

Fantasies of a better world
Are realities tears.

Talking Back Sep 2019

Thoughts of a Young Immigrant

Me pregunto,
Soy libre
pertenezco
en un país que no me da la bienvenida?

I wonder,
Am I free
Do I belong
in a country that does not welcome me?

Talking Back Sep 2019

Grandma's Old Fashion Wisdom

I once asked my grandmother for relationship advice
And she said to me:
"You cannot eat an orange like an apple"
In other words,
You should not have to bare the bitter peel
To get to the sweet core.
And why endure for the core
When you are the only one peeling

Always gotta decipher the wisdom that the elderly gives as riddles

Talking Back Sep 2019

Sudden Thoughts

No more summer flings in July
Means
No more heartbreaks in September

Talking Back Aug 2019

If I had the World in my Hand

I'd give it all
To you
For you