Yellow Mama E zine

My Own Shadow

 

by Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal

 

Tell me when the day is about to die.

I do not want to be there.

Tell me when the world is about to end.

I do not want to be there.

I will hide in my own shadow.

I do not want to be in the light.

I will stay in the sidelines.

I will be one of the nameless.

I do not want to be around.

It is such a pain to linger on.

I do not want to be in the light.

I will remain in my own shadow.

 

 

       Luis lives in California and works in Los Angeles. His poetry, art, and photography have appeared in Black Petals, Blue Collar Review, Kendra Steiner Editions, Medusa's Kitchen, Rogue Wolf Press, Venus in Scorpio Poetry Journal, and Yellow Mama Webzine.