At One
Solitude is my only friend;
For what is a friend if not a
comfort,
To be in the presence of one’s own
soul?
There is no need to disguise
myself,
To shirk away from my own nakedness
Reflected in the mirror on my wall
And in the greater mirror of
aloneness.
The oneness with myself is welcomed
In times of lost battles with the
world.
The emptiness, like endless
caverns,
Beckons me to breathe deeply
The expanse of the universe.
I take the great strides to bridge
the world
And span the loathsome abyss
Of every crack upon my heart
Till slowly, tenderly, one deep,
long breath
At a time, I take in the mist
Of God…. and heal and grow
And dream again –
As is the fate of those at one with
love.
J.C. Salazar
J.C. Salazar grew up in Houston,
where he still resides, the child of immigrant parents. He earned degrees in
English (BA), linguistics (MS), and literature (MA) from the University of
Houston and UH-Clear Lake. He also completed doctoral courses in English at UH.
J.C. is a lifelong educator and community activist, who loves great stories,
language, and writing. Of Dreams & Thorns is his debut novel, inspired by
his immigrant family and community. He hopes you love reading it as much as he
loved writing it. "states of unitedness" is his collection of poems
in which the author expresses the need for all human beings to love one another
and our responsibility to care for each other while also striving to reach our
full potential.
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Poetry