An Imaginary Undulating Conversation Between Old Friends
To speak openly
To be like water
All vulnerability &
Transparency
To say
“There is where
The fracture started, look at the
Splinters of you left in me,
There beneath, there underneath
Where you live a bloodless stoic
I wish you to be as the water is…”
To speak in layers
To say we are as the lake
Mirrored surface on a
Velvet morning
All sun’s jewels
Glimmering &
Deflection
As the lake filled with
Life neither one can ever see
The fish & the frog horde
The currents
No more the
Inanity of the puddle
The Stygian
The avoidable
Oil slicked &
Pleasant to pass
To speak plainly
To speak
To be water
To spill swelling seas
Obumbrate of ocean
Of ourselves
Over each other
To be wet
P.C. Tavárez is a Cuban Dominican poet from Miami living in the Midwest. They are known for their evocative exploration of love, nostalgia and the music of existence. Self published author of That’s Not Love, That’s a Live Grenade(2021), Love in Winter, Alive in Spring(2023) & I’m Sorry I’m Just A Girl and Other Lunacies (2026).
