Ocean

bottle green, adorned with yellow foam,

ferociously kissing land

with weathered lips

chapped by decades of neglect.

an undulating bottle swallows sand;

water covers up

our heartbreak for its home.

a translucent bag floating in the corner

of the water underneath

a tourists’ dock.

people walk by.

they take their pictures,

smile,

and forget.

Felix Culpa

I am a hopelessly romantic realist;

a natural extremist

who makes moderation a habit;

a fool who finds wisdom

every once in a while.

I am a spineless supporter of the weak,

who veils weakness

with the valor of a nom de plume;

a stoic whose cold character collapses

every once in a while.

I am a modest braggart;

a fervent narcissist

who’s humble when he's right;

a righteous citizen who does wrong

every once in a while.

I am a perfect human. 

Elysium

what waits

in the subtle Silence

of a dreamless sleep?

the Phantom that haunts

the fantasies

of the waking?

is it not true that

only the sleeper knows

what the Silence means?

Façade

I walk alone

below a spotless sky,

against the tide

of the tremulous wind;

a lonely figure

in a living fresco,

enveloped by the backdrop

of a landscaped temple;

a simple shrine

concealing the complexity

of a single cell

on a lonesome leaf

of a solitary sliver

of sea green grass;

I walk alone

in an ocean of emerald,

forging a path

into the trees;

a small figure

in the forest framework

of towering giants

and thick brush;

a brushstroke on the globe

feigning immensity

and fooling imagination.

Well Spent

Waiting

for meaning

and gleaning

no meaning;

creating,

debating,

and hating:

Waiting

thinking and reading

and being misleading;

breeding,

receding

despite special pleading;

deflated,

sedated,

and hated:

Waited

The Psalm

gently tapping

a bewildering beat;

ancient rapping,

a sound so sweet;

reaching out

with worn-out words

of times before us;

history heard

in the ups and downs,

the slurred scales;

the new notes

in life’s long tale:

the Psalm of Rain.