Stay for a While

Stay For A While

I

Chrysanthemums rust

like ancient monuments

but your love is stronger

than the river’s current.

Even when the force is lost,

the staleness, floating, stillness-

feels like home.

Wherever I am, wherever I flow

I am the river.

It runs through me and in me;

Like opened floodgates

sweeping voraciously across

hillcrest mountains,

there too, I am, floating

and coming for you.

II

To sweep you in rapture

and cleanse your old

ways of living, I do this

for you. I dive into the

cracks of the long

forgotten citizen

living in the depths

of isolation and disconnection

from society. From the

anxieties of modern living,

sexual longings, eternal

nights of desire and lust,

contemplation and

loneliness; Hand them

to me

if you must.

III

No need to be blue

like the water, yellow

suits you best. It brings

out the darkness in you,

the kind I like best.

I watch you

from the riverbank

as you drift

along the way,

you float just

like a daydream

a cloud,

a fleeting moment,

some call

this life.

IV

You wear your

brokenness with vigor,

crashed pendants you

call “Dior” Subtle

glances you make

to me as you smile,

my mouth tastes

infinity

as you drift by

I hear myself scream

stay for a while!

-

Felipe.J.G.