Palms

“There is a friend who is sad. You roll one and go over there to see him. It’s a summer night. Traffic lights are glowing. The streets are bluish and hot. You see a girl who waves to one of her friends. There are conversations you are not a part of. That’s how it goes.

You decide to drink. There is a bar nearby that you went before. With who? You dont remember. Some things stay buried in the memory. You drink a couple of cheap tequila real quick. The high catches you. That was what you were after. You were chasing that cloudy feeling.

You go to your friends house. He is watching an episode of some boring sit com. You sit there together, laugh in synch with the laugh track. This summer will be hot and possibly depressing. Not like the ones of your childhood. You know this. Everyone does. But that night you feel good. Sometimes you feel apart from the space time continuum.

And sometimes that’s enough.”

Emirhan Burak Aydın, 2 yr ago

Precious stasis

You all know, there are some occasions on which winter times steal a day or two to July and August. Weather is suddenly sunny, not a single breeze blows, and clouds are only seen far in the distant horizon. I noticed, during this last year, that gazing at the reflections on the sea surface in the mornings happens to be a delight, indeed. It’s then when you realize that East coast has its own charms, in a way.

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“Llegado el momento”

10.7.16

Llegado el momento
De la verdad,
No quiero respirar del eco
Que emana de los recuerdos.

No quiero separar
Del presente las aristas de lo perfecto,
Llegado el momento.

No quiero disimular
Que las fieras de mi fuero dictan,
Los meandros que el caudal renuevan,
de aquel río donde mecerán al ego.

No quiero recordar,
En tus cabellos el rostro que aquellos cubrieron.

Rememberance

A veces recuerdo cosas que nunca debí olvidar. ¿Dónde quedó el aire fresco y ese cielo celeste? ¿y ese mar poco profundo en calma? ¿dónde quedó aquel astro clavado en el cénit? ¿Y esa brisa que mecía los pétalos?
Sonabas en do mayor séptima disminuida. Te mezclabas entre urodelos, cnidarios, ctenóforos, álgebra y reflejos de mentes no escuchadas. Te dejabas retratar y eras reina de mi pensamiento en las horas muertas.
Zumbabas en los oídos de mi compañero de viaje, de tanto que hablé de ti.
Tomaste muchas formas, y te impregnaba aquel aura de potencialidad que te hacía tan sublime.
Vuelve más a menudo para inspirarme, mi querida Nelzia. Hogar de los Vientos.