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Haiku #9 (Fall)

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Puçol (València, Spain), September 2023 Lonely after brimming with life, air and earth cleanse themselves to get ready for the new harvest which will unstoppably be back.

Flavors

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Puçol (València, Spain), September 2023 Sweet like sun and calm. Salty like sea and change. Bitter like waking up from a dream. Bittersweet like ends with no beginning. Hot like a landscape you wish for. Faulty like things getting better. Perfect like things done right.  

Dawning

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Puçol (València, Spain), September 2023 Even in the darkest night, the sea never misses a beat: whispering, roaring, bustling,  vibrating, unstoppable, alive. It awaits a new dawning which, always loyal, always on time, always arrives full of light, always gifting a whole new day. It beats delighted, never resting; it breathes and gives air calmly, certain that everything was, everything is and will be all right.  

Tidal Wave

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Venice Beach, California (USA), November 2018 The tidal wave brought about by the immense pain of loss will leave in its wake the gentle touch of a calm sea.

Ximo

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L'Alcúdia (València, Spain), August 2023 Today the Mediterranean Sea is missing a smile, a look, an accomplice. The bright light of this August seems now to be pale, suddenly much colder. This icy light in a scorching August brings back memories of a beach, of travels, of music, of laughter. On this farewell day, I welcome the memories still alive in a heart which keeps on beating and hurting. Farewell, my friend, safe travels: The fire of this disrupted friendship will forever burn in my memories.

Haiku #8

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València (Spain), August 2023 Change whatever must change to lightly follow the path needed by my restless soul.

Castled In

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  Lapland (Finland), May 2009 The ice which laid siege to my heart, intent to protecting me, turned into a rock which hugged my aching heartbeat. Castled in the safety of that nest, it lit the fire of passion and, despite the stony hug, burnt to embers. No more peace in the rocky shelter, the energy of passion burns in a frenzy asking once more to stop being an island. My aim now is to slit the rocky nest open, I seek the strength to live unsheltered, to simply exist with every light I call my own.