Sunday, September 28, 2014

Metamorphosis



Now I am a rabbit
I jump the fence landing nearby
and I fall into a deep dream like Alice in that country…

Now I am a snail
in the restless ear of  a girl
who thinks she hears the waves waves waves and in the distance someone says goodbye…

Now I am a butterfly
emerging from the depth of a tree
they have cut off my head, replaced my branches with flapping wings…

Now I am an empty glass
the water waiting for the fire that doesn’t even light
the wet earth that stays dry, the air that quickly dishevels your hair…

Every moment presses me
transforms me blurs me and reconstructs me
every moment is enough to die a thousand times to be reborn without noticing  

Now I am Adrian
5 feet 11 inches black graying hair brown eyes
but only for a moment because there is some one or something more waiting in the metamorphosis line…






© Adrian

Trans: Nina Serrano, 2014

Sunday, September 21, 2014

What separates me from death


What separates me from death
are socks and love songs
the sip of wine, olives
and the ladder of feathers
we invent in every conversation.

What separates me from death is
the aroma of some childhood memories
garlic before the rice, red onion over the ceviche
I steal bread and soak it
into the sauce prepared by grandma.

What separates me from death is
as sweet as what separates me from life
and what nears me to death
is as hard as
what builds this life.

What separates me from death is
to wake up thinking it was all a dream
I dream thinking everything is real
I stare at that cloud and lose speech
when I see this woman walking.

But here I am
forgetting your skin
soft as the lonely sheets of exile
to continue enjoying the aroma
of the things I cook.

But here I am
looking into the eyes of that child -in the mirror-
who does not know how to formulate his next question
watching the sea of memories drowning
in the horizon of silence.

But here I am
with socks on
with wine ready
with love songs playing
reinventing life.



© Adrian, September 21, 2014

Friday, September 12, 2014

Two blue birds



Two blue birds
visit me in dreams
one standing on the edge of my shoulder
the other above on my head
visit me at the same time
they do not look each other
they do not know about the other
but are close
I open my eyes and they fly.

Two blue birds
visit me when I'm awake
one standing on the edge of the fence
other up on the tree
visit me at the same time
they do not look each other
they do not know about the other
but are close
I close my eyes
and they still there

I can smell the blue.

@ Adrian