#infjpoetry

[couxofelephantmountain]

Teaching a fly how to fly

My body is laying on your bed’s cold sheets.

My mind, slipping away from me.

Oh, how time flies when you’re counting.

Another minute into the staring competition with the fly buzzing around the room.

“It does not know how to fly.” - I thought - “ Might as well show it how it’s done while I’m waiting for you.”

It went around in circles, giving its best performance, dancing all the best moves.

I let out a laugh.

How sad do you have to be to be laughing at a fly?

“You can do better...” - i said.

“C’mon!” - now yelling at it.

And that’s when i realized I was the saddest of them all.

-G

[8luedream]

BD>5

From my own fire of destruction Ive been burned to the ground My ashes blew upwards with the wind and my emotions cant be held in They push and pull inside every edge of me and i lash out without noticing There is a hidden pain with sugar coated smiles From where does it stem How long have you been sitting there? How long have you been still? How long have you been waiting? There is no light in your eyes where is it you stare blankly and empty to? Did you burn out too quickly from your fabulous flames?

[couxofelephantmountain]

I wish you would want to come running

With your star gazing eyes

But this time i am the burning one

I am the light

Run, like a moth, baby

Come searching for me

-G

[couxofelephantmountain]

I reckon I’m the most

Selfish person you have ever met

To want to have you all for myself

To wish i could glue your flesh to mine

In a metaphorical way, i promise.

I swear to be devoted

But oh how I’ve noticed

That is not what you desire

Your love must be tired

From all this back and forth

I head south

You head north.

Darling,

Can’t we just meet in the middle?

-G

[couxofelephantmountain]

IV

i look at myself and see a canvas.

a blank space for desperation to settle.

a never ending paper that regenerates everytime i write on it ( i let my pen down)

my eyes linger on the green lines that keep me together.

"an empty space never touched is my greatest tempation"

(-said the mirror)

how can a piece of skin chain my thoughts with such ease and very little effort

like the way a balloon is tied to the ground.

it does not know how easy it is to let go,

and fly.

i keep forgetting it is not my choice to burn the pages i've already written.

i got lost in the idea i could write the sequel when i never even finished the chapter.

i've only got an ammount of paper to live in

and lets not talk about the ink.

-G

(2017)

[couxofelephantmountain]

Y aqui estoy

suspirando por ti

por todos los momentos que decidiste borrar

Sabia que no seriamos nada

y ya nada puedo hacer

pero te deje con disgusto

te deje sin querer.

Maldades infinitas

que me tormentan los dias

tambien las noches las llenaste

de mi triste poesia.

Digo triste pero es sencilla

no creia q me darias

tu espalda morena y descubierta

que alguna vez llegue a tener.

Te pido perdon por desahogarme

ten compasion de esta conocida

amiga de la vida

que dejaste de amar.

Ayudame a olvidarme de ti

porque ya no aguanto

tanto silencio me regalaste

y no lo puedo aceptar.

Llama al viento y que me roze

que me quite este olor

el aroma de tu piel

que alguna vez me tocó.

-G

[couxofelephantmountain]

II

miles from reaching the finish line

my breath is all that i can find

The sweat, the wind,

my long lasting grin

The mist, my fists

I couldn’t resist

being held by a thread

Covered in globes that stain

dirty red

Blue, my lips

Saw my own ghost

Walking amongst this crowded tape

I hate

to believe in spirits

But now, i have become one.

-G

[couxofelephantmountain]

Longing

I have to wait eternities for you.

Each time we meet

you feel light years away

Your smell belongs past the borders

of my city, my home.

Your footprints remind me of what i don’t own,

What i cannot regrow in my garden

So pure, so cold.

I chase back every mark you left on this

Earth

And unknowingly

You lead me

To you, always.

-G