Donde ya no Estas

Buscando un cielo azul en las tinieblas,
Buscando hielo y frio en un desierto,
Así es buscar tus labios en otros cuerpos.

Buscando luz en noches oscuras,
Buscando paz en donde hay guerra,
Así es buscar tu sombra en las de otros.

Buscando ganas donde ya no hay,
Buscando amor entre el olvido,
En mi cama donde ya tu no estarás.

B. Meza 11/30/21

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Nostalgia Puffs

Cracking open an old photo album,
Listening to music from your youth,
An old movie that never gets old,
Your favorite food growing up,
Memories in a park of a first love,
Seeing a past model car you owned,
That graduation cap you kept,
Triggers of memories, nostalgia puffs.
And as the years keeps passing by
Outnumbering our body’s strength,
Puff puff, we inhale again and again
Those memories of youth and loved ones;
Visits to the highway of the good old days.

B. Meza © 05/26/21

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La Condena del Pobre

Al pobre no le da depression,
Se cura las penas con alcohol.
Al pobre no le da depression,
Trabaja demasiado para pensar.

El pobre nunca se enferma,
Se unta yerbas para el dolor.
El probe nunca se enferma,
Mejor se olvida de el dolor.

El pobre nunca se derrumba,
Se avienta una fiesta para seguir,
El pobre nunca se derrumba,
Muere sufriendo sin poder sufrir.

B.Meza ©3/19/21

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Pain

I always knew everything has an ending.
Death is inevitable, the end of our road.
I always knew nothing lasts forever,
Life becomes snippets of time special moments.
I never worried my goodbye would come,
But I wanted to go like dust to rag, in one swoop.
I never wanted to sit here in pain, waiting.
I wanted a spontaneous death,
A fast death after I was done living.

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Out of Place

Do you ever feel alone?
Like a dandelion in a field of roses.
Do you ever feel alone?
Like a duck surrounded by gooses.
Do you ever feel alone?
Like an unlighted match in the ocean.
Do you ever feel alone?
Like a fragment in a book.
Do you ever feel alone?
Feeling simply like you don’t belong.

B. Meza (c) 9/24/2020

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Taboos

A couple that nature bonded.
Both necessary to life,
But they are not publicly celebrated.
They hold hands like lovers,
But they don’t live together.
And yet, they’re always connected.
A big part of people’s life,
But they are kept in silence,
Until they knock in their door.
Fear or shyness of two of the pillars of life,
But Sex and death still embrace us,
To give us a journey to live.

B. Meza © 07/14/2020

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Specks

An elephant in its giant splendor is a speck of dust,
And yet some humans believe they are grandiose.
Have these people ever sat to observe the night sky?
Will they ever notice their lack of importance on this earth?

And here I sit knowing I am less than a speck of dust,
And my dust does more harm than good to the earth.
I don’t make a big difference, but here I am existing.
Am I any better than those who think are most worthy?

The earth, bigger than the elephant, sits in space.
I wonder if she knows how small she really is?
We all sit here in the vast universe in our respective place,
The elephant, the earth, the human, et al.

Each with our importance in our respective circle,
Me knowing I am not grandiose and being okay with that.
And I wish more will see the love rather than the greed,
And we lived like elephants with our uniqueness but as one.

But as the free thinkers we think we are,
Humans are more like clumps of dirt than specks of dust,
And some are more like desert sand while others fertilizer.
With all our flaws, I hope, we don’t stop trying being the latter.

B. Meza © 3/23/20

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From Where I Stand

From where I stand, the road seems long,
But so are all the roads with unknown endings.
The infinite could end tomorrow or today;
The forevers could dissipate with the morning.

From where I stand, I still look young in the mirror,
But that’s not important in life’s untraveled road.
When the time comes, where one stands doesn’t matter.
Unexpected goodbyes are not ruled by rigidity.

From where I stand, I hope each night for a new day,
But I see the road without worrying where it will end.
The dark distance becomes bright as I pass by,
And I won’t flinch when death finally greets me goodbye.

B. Meza ©1/18/20

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Brevedad

Un beso siempre dura poco,
Aunque lo que dice es mucho.
Una canción siempre es corta,
Aunque en ella vuelvas a vivir una época.
Para una abeja un minuto es una eternidad,
Y para un humano un día no es nada.
La velocidad de la luz y la de un caracol,
Siempre estarán en polos opuestos.
Y, aun así, con la compañía correcta
Los fugases besos valen siglos.
Y sin darnos cuenta nos volvemos abejas,
Cuando en un minuto, en su mirada,
Encontramos toda una eternidad.
Y entre segundo y segundo,
La vida monótona se llena de luz.
Y como los caracoles sin rumbo,
Caminamos lado a lado, sin prisa,
Sin preocuparnos del tiempo o su brevedad.

B. Meza © 12/30/19

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Unmoved

Fears come looking for me,
And I grinned and dance with them.
Fears dear fears go away.
I have nothing to lose.

Fears come looking for me,
And I sit with them in somberness.
Fears dear fears go away,
My hope is worn out.

Fears come looking for me,
And I mock them in the dark.
Fears dear fears go away,
You’ll always find me unafraid.

Fears stop looking for me,
A numb heart knows no fear.
Fears dear fears stay or leave,
You can’t bother me either way.

B. Meza  (C)12/18/19

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Silence

Looking at the moon,
Nothing to prove in silence-
I and solitude.

B. Meza (C) 09/11/19

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Routine

I stopped waiting for tomorrow long time ago,

I stopped hoping for a better day or sunny days,

I simply started walking my path day after day,

Because days are made of routines, quite predictable.

 

The sun knows this, the moon knows this,

They come and go in their schedule each day.

365 days and the sun and moon continue,

Just like me, they understand the routine.

 

I stopped waiting for tomorrow long time ago,

Instead I wake up monotonously again and again,

And yet there are moments that keep us going.

Those unexpected little moments that cross our path.

 

The sun knows this, the moon knows this,

They rise and set behind a different colored sky.

Though the sky is the same, the clouds change shapes,

Just like me, they find reasons to start and end each day.

B. Meza © 08/26/19

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Con Todos los Años

Un pie pequeño que desapercibidamente crece.
Un zapato que a pesar de aun servir pierde su valor.
Así se olvida lo que cubre temporalmente nuestro cuerpo,
Un cuerpo que a pesar de ser el mismo continuamente es otro.


Un cerebro y corazón que un momento se hacen pequeños.
Y allí se encuentra la ironía más grande de la vida,
Cuando muere el niño y un adulto sin quererlo nace.
Un cerebro cauteloso que muchas veces encierra un corazón.


Año tras año en una caminata por un camino escogido,
Y sin darnos cuenta los años nos matan una y otra vez.
En la misma vida con el mismo cuerpo volvemos a nacer,
En una misma bolsa de huesos dejamos de ser el de ayer.


Con todos los años descuidadamente vivimos otro atardecer,
Ni el atardecer será igual, ni nosotros seremos los mismos.
Y con todos los años la nostalgia nos recordara nuestras etapas.


Con todos tus años al leer estas letras quizás te preguntes quien eres hoy,
Y mires tus manos, tus ojos, tu boca… y sientas algo extraño en tu interior.


Miraras un cuerpo que con todos sus años algún día volverá a dormir.

© B. Meza 05/31/19


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Wake Up

Wake up said the sound of the rain;
Wake up and see me fall in the ground.
I bring peace and torment all at once,
My drops beat the leaves and nurture the soil.
It’s me, wake up and feel my coolness.
When I touch the ground smell the revolution;
Let your nose indulge in my fragrance.
Wake up, I am a torrent and a light mist.
Thunder and lightning come with me,
Don’t be scared, open your eyes.
I am life, wake up, let the storm roar;
Let the gentle drops caress you.
Wake up, soak in me, I am life.
Time is running out, wake up,
You are dead when you are asleep.

B. Meza © 4/17/19

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La Isla del Olvido

El silencio te avisa de lo que queda aun y lo qué se a ido.
En ese momento te das cuenta que las memorias mueren.
Poco a poco, sin darte cuenta, los fantasmas se van.
No hay razón o motivo, simplemente ya no tienen cabida.
Las memorias se van sin prisa, a su paso, a la isla del olvido.
Habitan allí cuando ya no importan, cuando son pasado.
Quizás vengan de visita en día llenos de melancolía,
Pero siempre se van otra vez a la isla del olvido,
Porque sólo así queda espacio para seguir viviendo.

B. Meza © 3/31/19

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The Rhythm of Our Feet

The intensity of your dark eyes penetrated my soul,

As your feet moved making the music come to live.

Your embrace encompassed the song,

And our bodies became synchronized.

An instant in time in which we became one;

And in a simple melody, you approached me.  

The rhythm of your feet, the dark pupils of your eyes,

And in a song, I lost myself not in you but with you.

And in the rhythm of your steps that approached me,

And in the rhythm of my steps that followed you,

We realized feet were not just simply made to travel.

Feet were made to dance together through life,

And this seemed a perfect moment to smile and love.

B. Meza (C)2/22/19

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Puta

  
Le llaman puta por gustarle el sexo igual que a un hombre. 
Le llaman puta por decir que no y por decir que sí;
Puta la llama el mismo cobarde que la usa.
 
Le llaman puta por gustarle usar descote.
Le llaman puta por mover sus caderas al caminar;
Puta por querer sentirse fuerte y libre en su piel.
 
Le llaman puta porque quieren que agache la cabeza.
Le llaman puta por que saben que las palabras hieren,
Puta porque por años así moldeamos la historia.
 
Puta le llaman por tener una vagina y no un pene.
¿Le llaman puta, y de que les sirve llamarle así?
Le llaman puta, cuando solo quiere llamarse mujer. 
 
B.  Meza  © 12/01/18
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Ojos Pequeños Soñolientos

Tus ojos pequeños soñolientos,Que dicen tanto y nada a la vez, Recorren caminos, cuerpos, y la nada. Tus ojos que brillan y sonríen, Y a veces miran más hacia el suelo, Encuentran belleza en lo mundano. Tus ojos que miran hacia adelante,Pero … Continue reading

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Los Abrazos de mi Padre/ My Father’s Embraces

Father’s Day

Life is Nothing but a Story

Los Abrazos de mi Padre

Mi carro es consumido por el hielo en invierno.
El aún se levanta antes que yo para desaparecer el hielo.
Así aún son los abrazos de mi padre en días fríos.

Él trabaja a la intemperie; descansa en los días lluviosos.
La lluvia nunca mojo mi cabeza rumbo a casa de la escuela.
Así fueron los abrazos de mi padre en días lluviosos en mi niñez .

Mi padre, un hombre bruto que lee a nivel de niño de primaria,
Se enseñó a sí mismo a abrazar con simples hechos,
Y al fin comprendí que por eso son así los abrazos de mi padre.

El laboro por años en los campos agachado todo el día,
Mi padre, un hombre rudo que se conmueve al verme triste,
Y me da una palmada en la espalda como consuelo.

Mi padre, al que yo acuse mil veces de no…

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