Saturday, June 8, 2013

Just words ...


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Just words …

Words of a short story
Tears of a strong face
Clouds of a blue sky
Normalcy never arrives

To the time of the life of the year in return:
‘Never’ means the essence of the time you can’t see.
Stupidity comes easily to those who think they know the truth
Random acts of hate come easily to those who think they are the best

But the best comes when you know you are wrong
Steam forward and rejoice in your age
Youth may not come back but it is permanent in life
Exist and you will always be here in expiration
For your mind has left posterity, if the sky was yours to attain.

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©2012/3 Cassandra Huidobro

Monday, May 6, 2013

Art.

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Art.

In the words
Of painters
We progress
As artists.

In the spirit
Of writers,
We are inspired
As poets.  

In the songs
Of musicians
We tenor
An obtuse melody.

And,
As passionate beings
In the art of life,
We discover;
We learn;
We recover;
We keep going.

As humans.


©2013 Cassandra Huidobro


Saturday, March 30, 2013

Hands


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Hands

Squeeze you tight.
Form your shape.
Guide my path.
Take you there.

See how strong.
Tell me love.
Feel my passion.
My reaction.
Take my hands.
Guide them well.
They will do 
What you say
They will please you
Every day.

Thank them well
And expect 
That from now
until the grave 

They'll satisfy
They'll love
They'll retain 
Their devotion
By your side 
They'll show you strength. 

Lock our fate
Kiss my hands
And at your service
They'll remain.



©2013 Cassandra Huidobro

Monday, February 25, 2013

Things

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Things

The things that must be done in life,
I do.
The things that are in sight,
I see.
The things that I must go grab,
I get.
The things that are impossible,
are fine.
But...
There are times
When things seem hard to grab,
When I see what I can miss,
When grabbing is not for my grip,
and when the impossible does seem
out of this world.

No matter.

I still go forward.
You never know when life says no more.
I want to treat obstacles as the sea
and my will as my vessel.
I can.
I can.
Don't wrestle.
Just reach.

They are only things.

© 2013 Cassandra Huidobro

Monday, January 28, 2013

1:4


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1:4

You raised us well
Four kids in your custody
You did well
For a mom of one income
In the D.C. area

We turned out fine
I’d say in fact you did sublime
I’d say you should be proud;
In all honesty, I know you are

Your Latin-American background
Your Catholic stride
Your Mormon conversion
Won’t let you see
But I’ll defend you, mom.

You can be what you are
And I’ll accept you for who you are
And though I wish you’d do the same for me
I am not here to judge and
I know that you love me still.

I know it embarrasses you but
There is nothing I can do
It’s innate in me
And this is how I choose to live
I love you for you
You bore me
You fed me
You are the best advice
I’ve ever had
I just wish you would embrace this part of me
Because

She is wonderful
She is sweet
She makes me happy and I wish you could see
But it’s ok mom.

I’m here to defend you
I don’t want you to go away
I want you to stay with me
And one day,
When your eyes close,
I know that you’ll know I loved you for you
And that I defended your point of view
Because you don’t have to like every part of me
And because I admire you for you.

You taught me respect
And that includes how you feel about me.
Although you probably will never read this,
I want you to know that you raised us well and
That it isn’t your fault that I am this way.

I just love you mom. That’s all I am here to say.


©2013 Cassandra Huidobro

Saturday, December 15, 2012

The ideal (impermanence)


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The Ideal (Impermanence)  

And so…

I have lived the magic of impermanence
I have stayed in the inconstancy of doubt
I have enjoyed the fear of uncertainty
And the fact that time doesn’t wait for you to decide.  

So…

Watch her walk

Comply with her invitation to
Kiss her words, to
Lust after her thoughts
And to desire the essence of
The metaphor in her
Voice.

The ideal is the stroke of her
Lips against yours. But
That ends with the
Sound of the clock on the wall.

So then,

What is permanent?
What doesn’t end?

History. Memory.

But don’t get stuck in them.
You will live in the past.
Angry and alone.

Come back to us and recognize
That permanence is for books,
For the sky,
And for the ethereal in our minds.

Enjoy our human nature and cry
When impermanence renders your
Soul sad.

In the mean time,
Look into her mysterious eyes,
That give two meanings at a time
And
Declare your love.
Enjoy the moisture of
Dew on her petals
And see… the permanence of
Each moment that
Each morning gives.

The ideal is not permanent, I don’t think.
The ideal is enjoying the magic that
Impermanence can bring.


©2012 Cassandra Huidobro

Friday, November 30, 2012

Control


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Control
How do I gain you
Over my emotions
Over my explosions
Over my pain
Over the craziness of my reactions
Over the stupidity of my words

Control
Come in and tell me
The secret that you told all the ones before
Who were able to eat and sleep
Who were able to live and breathe
With you present and alive.

Control
Tell me please! How do I achieve
To be in just the room where you sit?
How do I come near your presence?
How I steer temptation against my will?

Control
Teach me how to write again.
Teach me how to speak again.
I am desperate and I curl inside of me
Without you.

Control
Let me conquer you.
Let me be you.
Let me in.
Open the door for me.

Control
Why don’t you want me?


©2012 Cassandra Huidobro