Tonight
the world is light
gypsies stomp around fires
dance atop the heads of devils
breathing
strange jazz
harmonies birth the netherworld
while fingers shape odd chords
syncopated
spirit
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Archive for August, 2013
Summer
sunny samba
toes besiege sand castles
wet steps, frothy, salt water sprays
lovers’
ankles
up her calves, too cool, sun-tanned thighs
coconut-pineapple
oils soothe smooth
the burn
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Her soul
refrains the great
songs of her past lifetimes
she’ll rest complete, spent, the coda
a hush,
a poem
recited before the last fire,
upturned faces glowing
all fade away:
her time
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
She said
I loved you then
the songs you used to sing
convinced that life for one was wrong
till now
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Daybreak’s
certain calm
till mid-morning’s
wonder if tomorrows
will come
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Colorful balloons
air nearly spent dragging string
searching for their child
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Two mist young seedlings
in the slant of morning sun
each life swells with hope
© Carlos Chagall, 2013
Alphabet City 