Poetry

Here are few poems I've written. The first two are from a while ago, and the last one is more recent.

Linguistics

Recapitulation, an unearthing

Of my sound appreciation

For the murmurings of words

And their tooth-stains in my

Aging mouth that crack

Along the fault lines of the

Self-inflicted tragedies

That emulsify the flavors

And the poignant savory

Seeds of the antediluvian

Attempt at growing the

Trees of life-blood

And the names that spilled

From Adam’s tongue

Fleshy whitish grubs of

Intricate insignificance

Otherwise apprised

As token talents of

Human existentialism

Or simply footprints

Baptized by the tide

Effaced in an ephemeral

Instant, yet inexplicably

Permanent fossils

Etched in consciousness

Transcendentalists

Of Time and Space

Instrument of late-night

Discourse over tea

And stale bread

The chemical elements

Of our communion

Traveling photons of

Solar radiation

Created to give life

But burning the skin

Nevertheless

Amor

Para vencer la soledad
Imagino que tú estés aquí
La idea me llena con felicidad
Aunque tú estás lejos de mí
Mi corazón era una isla
Y tú eres la primera persona
Quien habló con las animales allá
Y no sintió como un extranjero
Y tus manos con los míos
Caminando juntos sin hablar
Y solamente tus ojos 
Me cuentan una historia

Spontaneous Combustion

There are many ways to burn:

A flash of lighting

Then I'm gone in a thunderclap

A sort of synaptic collapse

A metaphorical cardiac attack

A cut to black

Or an infinitesimal ebbing of life

The tinder that smolders too slowly

Dampened, never quite ignites 

Just flickers once or twice

Then snuffs out with the night

Or maybe an extinguishing 

All the fuel gone, nowhere to turn

Only crumbling up the flaxen twine

On a thousand camels' snapping spines

A timely design

Will it hurt, I wonder

When the smoke fills my lungs

Releasing carbon residue inside 

Who will be there 

To clean up the ashes