FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: SHOOTING STARS Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Shooting Stars are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, December 21st between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

IN SOLITUDE AT NIGHT 


In solitude at night 

my life flashed before my eyes.

In darkness I sobbed

filling the air with sadness.


I stumbled into 

bed and remained a shadow

of my former self.

I fell into a deep dream.


Suddenly, I was that

man again. In my dream I 

breathed a sigh of 

relief. I was myself

in this minor miracle.

I was a shooting star.




SHOOT THE MOON


There was a time 

I tried to shoot

the moon.

But I never got close.

Eventually 

death would come to 

take my life.




THE SOLITUDE OF A STAR


How much would you pay to see

the solitude of a star? Is it worth it

to purchase such disquiet?


In solitude I stay up most nights and

whatever this is worth, I pay no

mind or money to the blank page.


I imagine I coast most days while

the clock ticks away. Things happen

for a reason. My preoccupation with


words concern me. The solitude of

a star has gathered steam in my

naked thoughts as I develop my craft.


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