two poems: Woman or Mountain / Animal by Sofia K

Woman or Mountain

I saw her grow
ripping the earth
wounding the height
in a wave,
solid and full.
I saw her rise
from her own insides
full of soil and blood,
of a treasure
nobody ever chased.
She rose and I saw her,
in my eyes,
her roar.
The open throat
the life at her feet.
The flowers drinking her.

Animal

I take the human out of me
now that the lights have vanished.
It’s like they knew.
Sharp ends stroke the air
in a scale of greys and reds.
The night outside like carbon paper
unfolding the old beast,
chewing glass and spiting smoke,
a solid chain of hours, 
a parade I get to see.
Foam staining the carpet,
a silent ocean starts to move,
bringing a pink nightmare
I try to reach with both hands.
A simple animal need.

I whisper something 
and something whispers back.
The ceiling watches,
a white serpent raining on me,
mending me.
My eyes roll back and dance.
The night shakes.
My vision has gone blurred
and it softens the shapes;
they become part of me.
I was something now I’m not.
My nature lays spread open.
A simple animal need.

Sofia K ​

was born in Buenos Aires but spent most of her life as an immigrant in Europe. Her first poetry book ‘Aire Sucio’ (Dirty Air) was published in 2015 by Editorial Argonautas (Madrid, 2015). Her poetry focuses on the human experience through a personal lens, using sensorial and surreal resources combined with the rawness of reality to explore sexuality, mental health, love, loss and the inevitable scars of being far away.