It is over, now
over the fields, moisture dwells
on dry summer leaves.
After almost 15 years of having left my native Dominican Republic, I have decided to share my thoughts and my "drafts of inspiration" again. Sometimes my texts will be in Spanish and sometimes in Dutch; but mostly they will be published in English: a reflection of the reality I live everyday, where choosing only one language to express myself is simply impossible (Spring, 2009).
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
If only we chose to see
In my world, to see
is my personal motto;
and love, the wide path
to vanish sadness
or the desire to reclaim
what was never ours:
Ideas of perfect
just as we wish to have it,
despising its flaws,
clinging to our need
to make it all work our way,
ignoring virtues
that hide because we deny
the beauty of life,
simply as it is.
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Inception (of the mind), inspired by the movie
Meditation dreams,
death of what is real, or fake
when we reach limbo:
the viral regret
and the sour, stabbing neglect
pleading to let go.
And then, we rise up
in absolute dark blankness
where nightmares simply crack
at the sound of a chimeb
and two snapping fingers
announcing Buddha,
the awaken one.
death of what is real, or fake
when we reach limbo:
the viral regret
and the sour, stabbing neglect
pleading to let go.
And then, we rise up
in absolute dark blankness
where nightmares simply crack
at the sound of a chimeb
and two snapping fingers
announcing Buddha,
the awaken one.
Friday, 24 September 2010
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Broken storm (haiku)
Waterfalls of light
filter through the guarding clouds,
blessing restless waves.
filter through the guarding clouds,
blessing restless waves.
Equinox (Haiku)
Fall leaves, falling free.
Deep honey lights chant and leak
through the sleepy mist.
Deep honey lights chant and leak
through the sleepy mist.
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Nirvana (with English translation)
"No, no sé nada"
dice la luz, hambrienta
de sol vacío.
dice la luz, hambrienta
de sol vacío.
"No, I know nothing"
says the craving light, hungry
for an empty sun.
Haiku of hope for the lonely
Split in syllables,
lonesome street songs cry and mend
my broken love dreams.
lonesome street songs cry and mend
my broken love dreams.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Monday, 6 September 2010
Little prayer for stray dreams
Nyx, goddess of the night, William-Adolphe Bouguereau – La Nuit (1883)
Lullaby after lullaby, the graceful gods of the silence whisper the nightly songs of the ebony angels. Like gracious tempting shadows, mysterious stray dreams dance and tease the raven feathers of my tired eyes. As if longing for shelter, the goddess Nox softly squeezes herself into my velvet pupils and I have no other choice but to surrender to her blank blanket of darkness. And I embrace her lovingly, with the faith that in a fraction of a second, someone, somewhere, won't shed a drop of blood or sorrow, nor a tear of fear.
No more.
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