The music molds the air in the room. I take it into my lungs and hold the pose (I learned to breathe the same way I learned to dance: by sitting on the sidelines And watching the steps) The music picks up and I search for your Face in the sea of dancers, both moving …
Author: yutzil valeria roman
Cosmic Microcosms and Other Contradictions
I am nobody and everybody. I can be filled with infinite caution and infinite joy. I am not important to the universe, and I am the center of an ever expanding universe. I can love my body and want to make it stronger. I am a sun in a world of stars - no different …
Blow Up the Moon
"What are we doing?" You ask me. "We're blowing up the moon." Your eyebrows come together and your head jerks back slightly. "Just like that?" I nod. "Just like that." You shake your head, but decide to go along with it. "Okay, so how do we do it?" I smile like a mini sun. "Okay, …
Fire Turned Low
The world is on fire and someone keeps taking all the buckets. These invisible fires are burning the bridges of the world, Creating distance and loneliness. We only see the burns it causes and bodies it leaves Behind -- fingers that died pointing at a neighbor Turned monster by the smoke. Lungs under attack, Drowning …
Excitement: A Definition
Noun. Sometimes turned verb. Excitement: Being present while imagining a possible future. I believe it is possible to do both. To acknowledge both without taking away from either one. I also believe their root feelings are more similar than we think. Being present feels like temporary infinite joy. Oxymoronic joy. And imagining a possible future …
Road Trip
Can you feel the soft hum of the car under our bodies? Can you feel the hot air that swirls through the windows? "I'm loving the view" Strong hand on the wheel--sun kissed I trace my fingers along our arm--touch kissed "Keep your eyes on the road" The road is your jaw, your stubble, the …
Easy Silence
Have you ever fallen into an easy, comfortable silence with someone? "We just talk so well" Your words hang in the air, Stretching and releasing any tension Unplanned and unmeasured Easy silences are my favorite kind of silence I'm lying on my blue carpet with suns and moons and stars You're probably in your bed, …
Awkward on Three
So awkward you can feel it in the air - thick and heavy or so we've been taught think again you can still feel it in the air - bubbling, electric it expands as the pause in the conversation continues brewing with potential - a smile creeps around the mouths do you speak first? wait, …
Power Plays – A Series
Image 1: The powerful play their games on our backs. We are the coffee table, the board of the board game - our bodies support their plays. We hold the eliminated chess pieces in our mouths. We are silent, expensive furniture that decorate their homes. Image 2: What if we held tycoon summits in kiddie …
Belly
Show me your belly and I'll show you mine show me your scars, marks, and bumps and I'll show you my rough patches and peachy fuzz - my belly is squishy and so is my heart the sun is setting and I carefully pull up my shirt - showing my center to the light taking …
The Sunflower Library 