Almost forgotten Waves hitting the corner of your eye Words refusing to leave your muted lips A touch you take for granted Every day Each morning Thru the whole night Ephemeral Sounds silenced by the background noise by that noise –reminder of the relevant…
Author: adcitlali
The refusal (PrimeNoPo version)
Today at dVerse we are combining mathematics and poetry, as it is done in the OULIPO form (Ouvroir de Litterature Potentielle) introduced in 1960 by French mathematician Francois de Lionnais and writer Raymond Queneau. The OULIPO is a playful form in which one takes an existing poem an exchanges each…
Personal mythology
He felt lost , lonely, tired Life was not what he dreamed of Past told a broken story Dreams were wrong Present hurtful A man stops believing in the gods that failed him A man forgets the gods who forgot him NO MORE RITUALS! (… without…
Real women don’t cry
I feel incomplete There is an empty space inside my skin a void containing all pain intangible without any light or colour I want to cry Be strong –an echo with mom’s voice Tears only bring troubles You shed them too often I try I…
The end of this summer
Amelia strolls the streets of a foggy forest full of memories to collect –or not … ordinary solitude sporadic apathy sun Amelia turns right on Spring St. unexpected connection exceptional passion anticipated deadline risk rush Amelia crosses Stability St. unknown territory distance fear Stop sign! confusion desire Amelia walks…
A fantasy sorta story: It is dangerous to walk a dream
The old man strolls the moon without any reason Sometimes he stops to wonder why he walks On occasion he forgets the pace and finds himself running in circles Some circles had been run often They are now deep and quiet He rarely strolls the imaginary…
Dimethyltryptamine: the utopian spiral
Eyelids rest to the sharp vision of my eyes You are there dressed in a black that turns purple DMT flows freely The firebird passes by A cloud of fine ashes surrounds us both you vanish leaving a floating tear (sad cheshire-cat’s grin) She falls…
A memory and a woman
A memory of despair when privacy was threatened broken boundaries and a claim –innocent invasion liquid actions intrusion on personal space obsession advances that won’t stop a strong woman losing control a nervous girl helpless a victim scared _____Adriana Citlali XXIX-VI-MMXIV It is…