July Senryū 2014
for love and peace
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if it were up to her | there would be no more war | no more suffering
no more obsessions | those writings about being | in love with love
she fell in love | with him at first sight | he's been her muse ever since
we belong to the land | we are her bounty | no-thing to war over
a time loop tangle | sticky as fly paper | charmed forever
she does simple things | laundry and roasting chiles | gets her mind off war |
for awhile she doesn't think | of families being murdered
the worst of the barriers | is that of the mind | think for yourself
no real words left | to say how I feel about war | except NO MORE
The death toll rises, people are dying - genocide!
she feels him | missing her in away that hurts | both now and then
ella lo siente (a el) | extrañado la en esa manera que duele | entonces y ahora
we must not lose heart | everyday we pray and struggle | for peace
across the world | war rages and people die | all call cease fire
I love love | people think that's old fashioned | I know it's new
moon bled red | decried earth's blood shed | her children at constant war
the way of the world | cannot be heartless | we must teach our children well
simply knowing | he would do anything | for her is enough
we say no to war | not in our names do you kill | no more forever
misses the someones | who were something in her life | all deserving love
thunder moon rising | in your light we shine smiling | glad to be alive
he the blurry edge | an unrequited love | of full moons in July
personal greed | is fear based but not on need | rooted in evil
she cannot explain | rituals rote and quiet | ever changing same
she reinvents herself | at the core fire | she will not be moved
where is compassion | children must flee death squads | gone the way of true love
independence | does not rely on others | giving you freedom
independence | can not be celebrated | when people are not free
so quick to throw | women under the bus | someone else's rights
change yourself | in a flutter the world changes |just a bit
en los escombros | de su amor aprende | como amarse
verdure her love | growing lush and wide | across the world
eyes wide open | yet she dreams through her life | wishing she could love |
that one special one | that is lost to her
with pockets full of shells | she leaves the seashore| flowers in her heart
up against thick walls | that keep hate and fear inside | that deter no-thing
she lets the nighthawks | fly away with her troubles | not obscure the moon
at the cross roads | she stands in the center |finding her way
shadow walker | between this world and the next | weaving connections
she lives with a piece of sea | deep inside her blues| maneuvers the rocks
poems copyright © 2014 Odilia Galván Rodríguez.
All Rights Reserved.
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