Our Little Garden That We Lost
Susana Arrieta
She - spreads hundreds of seeds
hoping / for slivers of sunshine
to begin percolating-persistently
through invasive maple leaves /
perhaps life will form its intricate
journey towards everlasting death
He - rests impatiently / reaching for
the screen, depository of dreams -
questioning the validity of reality
the eyes? deteriorating swiftly
the price of vacuous entertainment?
a mortal soul broken by discord
They - swim / head above water
barely moving, inhaling moonlight
inheriting pains that used to have
cures —yet the allure of the night
fades without fulfilled dreams— us,
servants of the machine that dims
There will be hope as long as /
there is soil — there will be life
as long as the sunshine reaches us
we will be near as long as we can
reset restart reinvent resurrect:
Turn me off, turn me on again.
Susana Arrieta
Susana Arrieta is a visual artist and poet who grew up on the shores of Lake Maracaibo. Susana’s life has been marked - even before its start - by exile, fractured diasporas, dictatorships, and a deep longing for home. Susana dreams of liberation, and worlds that are kinder to all. Susana’s art aims to honors memories and ancestors, in an attempt to thread past, present, and future in caring circles.