Three Poems by Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal

“SHADOWS”

I see shadows 

come into

existence 

between light 

and darkness.

 

They box each

other for

the right to

fill in spaces

and places.

 

I doubt they

feel any

pain and I’m 

certain they

do not bleed.

 

“I READ THE STARS FOR A CHANGE”

 

I read the stars for a change.

Night is the page I turn.

I turn to sleep to dream and

for six to eight hours I’m dead.

I ponder my wordless soul

that flies free in silence.

I leave the books at home.

I stare away from works of art.

I try to learn my lessons

from the emerging stars.

I welcome night and erase

the day from my bucket list.

“ANXIOUS MIND”

 

The tranquility of night

is an idea I cannot recall.

The anxiety of the mind

is filled with voices

with incessant noise.

In darkness I find no peace.

The rustling leaves become

evil figures.

Their shadow steps make night an

unsettling place in an anxious mind.

If calmness comes to this mind,

to this night, I might have peaceful

sleep.

If calmness comes to this mind,

to my dreams, the nightmares may

slow down.