Your eyes are so dark. You stared with that sweet quite smile. Eyes interlocked. Felt unveiled. Why? _____Adriana Citlali XXIX-I-MMXXIII
Category: Thoughts
Nefelibata
What does time mean between a night and a cloud? Where does space go in the middle of a kiss?Where is absence when passion ends? I walk in foggy autumn …
Poetry blindness
Haibun Monday challenge: Write about the moon (Super Moon it is), your birthday, or both. Be truthful! ___
I come to a state of poetry blindness but I chose to write. I write about the challenge of crafting a haibun out of a true birthday story, or a big-looking moon, or both. I struggle and […]
A path to freedom
It is Ayatollah Khomeini’s early days. Marina Nemat is only 16 when they arrest her, after leading a strike in high school. Sent to prison, she is tortured, and sentenced to death. The sentence is then changed for life imprisonment. The payment is to marry her interrogator, lose her catholic…
Take me further
Push those clouds a w a y . . . Kick them! Far! far a w a y Take me f u r t h e r S c e n t m y s k y w i t h golden sunflowers glowing honey velvety warmth cinnamon ray-paths freshly-cut dawn smooth dewdrops cacao hints a first love kiss & ephemeral youth E n h a n c e m y s e n s e s L o s e c o n t r o l F r e e m e Again! _____Adriana…
Fear is a darkened rose
Fear is a rose with black mask. Fear is what makes us move. It is the next step we ought to take. the uncertainty of turning left or right. I fear me, I, all and nothing. Then I walk. I take the road… I step out. I fall, I run,…
I have no intentions, yet I smile
You! Sharp blue you! Will you trick me? Won’t you enchant me? Your lips have the magnetism of a flower high on Stravinsky notes. I look at them. Ignore the words. What’s that curiosity you evoke? I have no intentions, yet I smile. There is distance, yet you…
Passion under icy rain
Write your emotions! –I hear. All I can think of is pizza and ice, or a kiss and a hand-shake, vinegar and wine. That doesn’t make any sense! Why can’t I express myself coherently today? All I imagine is passion under icy rain; random sequences of vivid/lifeless vibes. Neon lights…