Xavi Caretela
Xavi Caretela was born in Santa Elena, one of the twin towns in the Cayo district. During his high school years, he would question his own existence about life and the world around him. He was not the greatest at expressing himself to others, but eventually he was able to express himself through poetry.
Death
I felt nothing
My eyes looked upon the sky
Everything was slowly moving away
My heart ached, My lungs longed for air
I was in a pool of endless red
The water was warm and calm
The wind flowed coldly through my body
I got no time to watch one more sunset
My eyes could no longer see the world
I saw myself grow and relive every moment again
Was this my last breath?
God forgive the man who pierced my chest
I can slowly hear the siren get closer but
Yes, it seems this is my last breath
Death has hunted me like a lion hunts its prey
And still I feel nothing
As I close my eyes upon the world.
Description
After writing many poems, I can say that this poem struck me the most. I used feelings that I had never used before. Although this event didn’t happen to me, it felt like it was me at that moment. I tried to make the reader feel the same way I did to understand the poem. I did not use many literary devices in this poem, but I did try to use a structure. I think that I was able to convey the idea of ‘death’ or ‘last breath’ in this poem. . . this is one of my favorite poems.
Cigars
As the sky begins to be filled with an orange canvas
We sit at the top of the highest peak
The birds all gather together in one tree
You can hear them talk about the little town
All trying to talk but all you hear is a market filled with birds
We chase them away to be at peace
To talk about life at peace
You gather your words
You set the fire
And you light the cigar
“How tedious life is.”
You say
We are just like this cigar
We serve our purpose
And then
We are no longer of need
As the orange canvas disappears from the sky
And the cigar comes to an end
We are still at the highest peak
Thinking…
How tedious our life is.
Description
In this poem, I was trying to convey many things at once, but the most important was the image of the sunset. I was completely astonished with myself because I was able to use a lot of imagery and literary devices. I really enjoyed doing this poem. It seemed very difficult to give a conversation in a poem but it worked out because I limited what was said.