Published yearly reports on global
development, equality and happiness
introduce, reflections of governance,
economy, wealth and well-being
uneven distribution.
Policies, discrepancies, resolutions,
conflicting interests of individuals
and groups interacting on grounds
of power asymmetries leading to failure.
Bargains amongst elites … CONTINUE READING »
Burning bodies
Manacles made of thoughts
Enchain spirits encaged
In asymmetric chambers
Of bodies neglecting to heed,
Prisoners they conceal within,
Terrestrial material planes
Where the tangible struggles
To conceive the impalpable yet,
Inexplicably perceives its essence
As it knocks on the … CONTINUE READING »
Out of Love
Crystalline waters enclose the rocks
Which ancient sailors swore to be,
The remnants of genesis leftovers
Of creation thrust deep, in the heart
Of the Mediterranean sea. Stones
Of philosophers mystic alchemy,
Metamorphosing mercury into precious metals,
Silver and gold, … CONTINUE READING »
Satin and Lace
Magic arboreal lights suffuse
amid the fertile underwood,
sheltered by rebirthing leaves
on the tall tree branches of a secret
forest, after the white cold carpet
of pale snow gives way to nature’s
awakening, from wintry lethargy
when plants and … CONTINUE READING »
Jolly in the Holy Land
‘This is the season to be jolly’
suggested Catullus in his poem,
where winter solstice was nothing
less but ‘the best of days’,
as pagans celebrated Saturnalia
in honour of god Saturn preparing,
public banquets inviting slaves
to seat at … CONTINUE READING »
Detail deception
Details shape perspectives killing time
classifying experiences drawing lessons
from the past to live a fleeting
present wrapped up in comfort offered
by the most illusive conviction we are
ensuring a mistakeless future laying
the grounds to understanding.
People hurt … CONTINUE READING »
Coach eight seat eight C
Coach eight seat eight C, I repeated
incessantly when my mind decided
to abandon my folly and me. My only
companion an unstable incapacity
to think. A brain refusing any incoming
synapse, neurons pretending deafness
as I shouted out for … CONTINUE READING »
With life comes death
With life comes death, a beginning
and an end, to all things humans may
perceive, all we see, is born and lives,
then evolves until it dismantles into
disappearance, slowly vanishing beyond
our senses, as if suggesting nothing is
after … CONTINUE READING »
To my uncle
He always seemed old to me imbued
In the senior wise look of he who speaks,
Few words and cherishes silence. Though
I saw him only several times throughout
My life, he always made it a point to tell me… CONTINUE READING »
I love her
I have known her forever even when
others didn’t and did not care, to get
acquainted with a toddler for kids are
to listen and learn not to teach and tell,
neglecting to see the kindness, empathy
naturally flowing from … CONTINUE READING »