Wednesday, September 11, 2013

a chasm
by Roberto Lavidez

there is
something
in dreams
that seems
to be
thrusting
through
a chasm
that would
stretch
to the edge
of the world
a whole army
of invisible
and intangible
monsters
caught
in a sort of
collective trap
unleashed
under cover
of ideology
questing
towards
the absolute
where truth
and falsehood
become equal
to one another
lost
in a flood
of confused
and rambling
verbiage
vanishing
like a ghost
as soon as
you try
to grasp it
it’s mere
oblivion
the sleep
of mind
the impossible
state of our
existence
our whole
being
bears
within itself
a death
instinct
an aggression
sweetened
by love

©robertolavidez2013












Thursday, September 05, 2013

of rocks and bones
by Roberto Lavidez

looking
at history
at the narrative
of rocks
and bones
all of us are
vanquished
victims
of the ravaging
great swath
of earth
strewed about
in a haphazard
mess
amid a spasm
of communal
bloodletting
the monster
is far from
tamed
in a landscape
disappearing
under concrete
thunder rumbled
and rain drops
drilled the earth
the further one
probed into the
human evolutionary
path
must of necessity
build on the ruins
seeking an inner
sanctum within
a wilderness
but once it was gone
it could'nt be
imagined anymore
as if wandering
through a museum
stripped of its
artifacts
a telling sign
of a restive nation
with the expected
consequences of living

©robertolavidez2013