LUZ MARÍA LÓPEZ

LUZ MARÍA LÓPEZ

BACHA POSH

Free myself of isolation chains

all obscurity surrounding my mind

the walls that deny existence

open now the entrances of liberty

let me be a self beyond the curtains

that blinds all light, dampening the spirit,

for a bird is about to die!

I will gladly hide my soft curves

while the fresh air hits my face

with the flavor of danger

the sting of manhood

ruling the world.

*bacha posh – dressed up and disguised as a boy.

Refers to a cultural practice in which a daughter is sent off into the world as one of the boys.

TALIA

A payer is sometimes a cloud

A whisper in the air

And then also hope.

Pain is a passage where we find ourselves

Dwell in tears (perhaps so many times)

Until we finally understand that

The light from a soul

Always touches

Us with love!

We got to believe in another time

A morning of flowers

The murmur of the night

For we collide so many times

With the very essence of the spirit

Seeking to root itself

In our little world

Still growing and kind!

Then, we finally understand

Love as miracle of life.

Luz María López

Puerto Rico

FRACTALIZED

these awakened days

aromatized with visions

washed-out scents

disheveled colors

forgotten desires

frayed voices

pulsing the minutes

on my hands

a whirlwind of images

going too fast

counter clock dispersion

from the mind’s books

and behind the curtains i yet hear

the echo of old songs

filling the cup of wine

with poetry

getting myself fractalized!

i see your shadows slipping

under the lintel of the door

behind my eyes

and the sea that takes everything away

irremediable trance

but here where the days doze

there isn’t forgetfulness

or any resignation

just heaps of salt to heal

the wounds.

LUZ MARÍA LÓPEZ

LUZ MARÍA LÓPEZ (Puerto Rico). Poet, narrator, editor, translator, cultural promoter organizing events in her country and abroad. Editor in chief of the book “Poetic Voices from The New World (2016) and five international poetry anthologies. Her poetry has been translated to twenty languages and published in prestigious literary journals, four books of selected authors and numerous international multilingual anthologies. She has participated in Poetry Festivals and Book Fairs in many countries. Academic Director for the International Book Fair in Puerto Rico. Kathak Literary Award 2017.