lizeth de la luz

moon to earth

noisier than the perfect alignment / of chattering night skies / are your withering elegant murmurs / burning the space between dimming lights / addressing the study of destructed fear / unveiling an unceremonious end / and mourning the horizon that will stop appearing / the craters that have formed / through your body / darkening the hues that were bright enough / for me to find you / became an unsteady artery / painting you as if the casket was / consumed by what you once were / I will find a way to hear your echo / flickering through the plotted stars / that failed our bodies / perhaps after the lights burn out.

Earth to Moon

I only see lunar disorientation / formation of faithfully empty pieces of you / hollowed bones of / expectation / how do I find your glow when structures were formed and / cradle the space between us / traffic beyond what we understand / mimicking the lights that I wish upon / am I wishing to the same forces of my destruction? / to bubbles of oxygen / unfulfilled with wreckage // I feel my mind needing rest // do not stare at me / as I crumble to sorrows / how do you glisten so loudly / when the mirrors around you / work to fade your call / I look at you and wonder / if the creations of your craters hurt you too / how long until I become / the image I have of you / will I remain beautiful too?

About Lizeth

Lizeth De La Luz is an experimental writer and poet from California. She graduated in December 2021 from Chapman University with a BFA in creative writing and a minor in women's studies. Her work focuses on the experience of loss and mourning. Her poetry has been published in undergraduate literary magazines and journals such as Calliope, City Works, and Short Vine.