Der Leser (The Reader)
Read to me. Tell me the stories of your silence; Tales untainted by life’s cold touch. Read to me In vulnerable spirit – Tell me your...
Beautiful People Don't Just Happen
From the door entered a woman. Her heels clicked in the breaths between notes. She stood still for a moment, on display to all, and seemingl
Susurrus
I want your darkness
To envelop me…swallow me whole.
Nails digging into your soul –
I don’t want your thrusting hips.
El Duo del Cuatro y el Coquí
Retumban pleneras bajo el sol caribeño, Sonidos conocidos de noviembre a enero. Montañas besadas por bruma y sol, Y lluvia que baña cada...
Pesadilla Colonizada
Terrorista, disidente – me tachan de traidor. Piel blanca que oculta raíces negras y tainas, llenas de dolor. Martirio el que llevamos...
Memento Mori
The ground shook beneath my feet. Suddenly, the world crumbled before my eyes. The streets where I used to play split like a mighty...
What I Was Wearing
I can’t stand the sight of myself in the mirror. Anyone’s touch, including my own, disgusts me. I no longer sleep, and the few hours I...
Art is Dead
He retrieved his pocket knife and quickly cut it. His hands were trembling, causing the knife to slip and slice his hand, the crimson matchi
Lost Daughter
I evicted all my prayer, I cleaned myself of all that’s joy. I turned my back to saints and faced sinners, I turned away from God. I...
Perspective
(Child) I was walking around the mall with my mommy who kept stopping at every store we passed. She would go in and out without buying a...
