Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Marlboro Blue


Marlboro Blue – Benjamin Moore – HC-153
By FranciscoPS

Serious when he doesn’t have to be,
Witty when he doesn’t have to be.
Cigarettes lay in his closet,
But he doesn’t smoke
It’s funny how…
Ironic, somewhat

Seeding his thoughts,
He takes his time to harvest.
He wraps his mind around his thoughts,
Tight, as if to never let go.
He uses his time to think,
About his next move.

A light on the tip sets the fire,
Ashes gradually form from what he had,
And he makes use of what remains.
Ingesting his thoughts, consuming them
To the core as they slowly vanish
From what they were once.

Black clouds of grief
Hover over his head and thunder.
Soon after they disappear,
The storm seizes and
Everything is sound.

His emotions,
Aren’t cloaked by his success.
He sparks another fire,
And it all happens again.
Clouds over clouds over clouds.
Seize to be…

It’s funny how…
Ironic, somewhat
How he does not release any smoke.
Still, theres an addiction.



Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Where I'm From


I am from sports,
From Nike and Adidas
I am from the marble floors
(glistening and glistering, cold like ice)
I am from the blue skies
the clear seas
whose reefs I know 
to the core.

I am from the serious minded and the green-eyed,
from Pacho and Lucho
Perez-Salamero
I am from the seaworthy
and the craftsman
From Respect! And Listen!
I am from thank him and praise him.

I am from Panama and Valencia
Rice chicken and Paella
From the fire my Auncle 
set to himself,
the hair my father lost to his triumphs.

Above the mahogany wood
stand old memories,
a breeze of innocent times
to be revived by my imagination.
I am from those times,
which I keep in my heart.