LUZ MARÍA LÓPEZ

LUZ MARÍA LÓPEZ

Eyes

eyes like drops of dew

the world is now revolving

in a rictus unknown to me

eyes the color of light

emerging from every shadow

phantasmagorical omen

eyes holding the salt of the universe

millenarian gospels

tied to the wind

eyes searching for a path

heartbeats rhyming on

the darkest nights

eyes pulsing

the flood of the veins

burning fiercely!

Passage

heaps of salt

scalded all veins

in a futile attempt to

unclog the hours,

blazing memories hurried

seeking the passage of time

a tunnel of light

levitation

i don’t recognize

my voice anymore

neither my hands

or my bones

but i meet the ground

with burning dance

hurricane beauty

aghast!

Quartz

the sands from the sea

keep dark stones

incoercible gestures

dreams from other times

unearthed rosemary needles

white tiny petals

caressed by the light

it also keeps new words

quartz of salt and wind

that name all absences

undying.

Aflame

garlands of marigolds float over my body,

at the bank of the river an old monkey observes

unperturbed by the shadows of humans seeking

a path to purify their own existence

oblivious to the sadhus chanting early prayers,

i submerge into the waters

an existential trance

seeking the path to inner self

a myriad of pyres lay golden touches

to the holy waters full of scattered ashes

from bodies breaking the cycle of death and rebirth

- now free from all chains of mundane existence-

reaching nirvana or hell...!

visions flow from my eyes

get washed away as earthly echoes,

only to become one with the universe

far beyond i seek the horizon

a carnal hallucination

a quest to survive this enlightenment,

while the faith of the river scorches my flesh

burn it down!

salt the earth!

let this spiral of passion

that renders this woman so unholy

revolve aflame!

LUZ MARÍA LÓPEZ

LUZ MARÍA LÓPEZ is a published poet, narrator, editor in chief, translator and cultural promoter from Puerto Rico- Caribbean. Is Continental Executive Director for World Festival of Poetry (WFP) and World Poetic Front for Defending Women’s Rights (WM). Is recipient of the Kathak Literary Award 2017 – Dhaka International Poets Summit (Bangladesh).