FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: HEART FLAMES Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Heart Flames are invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, February 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

Lose the Stone

 

Lose the stone in your heart.

Don’t let it become a marble statue.

Keep it soft as a rose.

Turn the other cheek.

 

Take a stroll to the shore.

You will not regret a single step.

Is your heart a flower

or the worm that feeds?

 

Don’t keep your heart hidden.

Let the pain in.  Let the pain out.

Master the blows and

lose the stone in your heart.




Sometimes Things Happen


Don’t pursue.

Give up.

Things won’t

work out.

Protect your 

heart and

everything 

will be fine.

Sometimes things 

happen

like luck,

sometimes.




The Painter

 

He took something out of thin air

and filled it with fire and he watched

the flames fill his landscape

creating something of beauty.

 

He made the stones come alive

and chiseled them down with his brush.

All the gods claimed him as their pupil,

but he never acknowledged them.

 

So many gods became enraged

and they tossed stones at his work.

He was cursed and went blind.

All the gods laughed and rejoiced.

 

The blind painter continued his craft,

breaking the curse and shaping

images never seen in this world.

All the gods echoed their displeasure.


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