Andrés Garcia

Musings on the observations of life and consciousness gained through walks and expressed with simple words and poetry. That is my life.

Ilusión

El mundo es un espectro, una ilusión. Una potente aflicción reina a través de esta gran alucinación. Algún día esta tierra será absorbida, tragada por una turbulencia que arrasa sin piedad, sin ...

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Why is it so hard? To bury pride, settle down and apologize. To let it flow like the moon with the tides.

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Humans, the only animal with an awareness of death and its horrible absoluteness; you would assume this awareness, this gift of consciousness would make us think many times over as to why we end li...

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El mundo aturde, Con su resplandor, su energía frenética Con su ruido incesante, y sus colores fluorescentes.

Ode to a book

Oh, my eyes! What things I have seen and the heart-clenching panic I’ve had to endure, grasping a reality that at times seemed so shallow and torn. Many different places my body and soul has lived ...

Haze

We look around every day, pondering the present, comparing it to the past, and we wonder how much things have changed. Yet, in the dormant entrails of our souls, all is the same. Our hearts and min...

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Take a walk, your body will thank you, your heart will strengthen, and perhaps more importantly, your soul will soak in the meditative rhythm of your steps.

Inside

Knock, knock, tapping gently on the dome, what could it be, is it really just meat and bone? Is a hand stuck inside conjuring up a storm? Tearing down walls and leaving nothing but stones. Even I ...

Erratic Dream Stream

It’s so peaceful now, so mellow, tranquil and zen. How things can go when you are not waiting for life to go out with a bang. There was a dream, I ran behind you, your stubborn head boarded the tra...

Rain

Rain, rain, go away! They cry and stomp all the way No! No! Not today! Rain soaks my sorrows away I beg you stay a little longer, rain You mask the pain and brighten my day.

Haunted

Sometimes a thought gets stuck in my head, buzzing around like an angry swarm of bees that just lost their queen. When the horde finally resides, the dust settles on the brain matter, the motes co...

Patience

Patience, the subconscious whispers in my ear, the break of dawn barreling through every crack in the blinds; wide awake for another rise of the sun, wondering when my time will come.

Zero

Our hearts have been far apart Far apart for far too long A coldness has stretched in between An absolute zero Like the deepest of space.

Lovers

How many times do I have to try? The heart, it can’t tell time How many dreams have to die? The soul, wretched from the slime How many times do I have to cry?

Go By

You think you know You think you know All the days go by The wind blows The sky opens up It lets out and cries A pondering look is left behind Bewildered, a stale question remains Where do I go?...

One End

This is how it is This is how the story goes One day you’re born One day you pass out and die It’s the story of the world A gyroscopic myriad Waiting for an end to your all So savor the key-lime p...

Paradox

A paradox:

Rebelión

Puño arriba! Han despertado las neuronas durmientes Ya no existe la calma.

Knots

Don’t know what happened One day we were born now we’re all tied up in steel knots and concrete forms

Below

That heart was forged down below, where the fires burn; a soul languishing, and it doesn’t know.

Awareness

How strange it is that we, as human beings, have the capacity to think at all. To reflect and hold memories, to strategize, and manipulate; to regurgitate a stream of spell-binding words so another...

Old Notes

I was reading through some old notes and writings on my computer, much of it incomplete, written long ago, forgotten thoughts splayed out on a screen. Some of the musings are short and to the poi...

Fear

It’s always the fear that gets you To pull off those heavy blankets And take reality for what it’s worth To cash in time to face what is not under your control

Días

Los días vienen y van Se esfuman entre la nada desaparecen con precisión no te esperan no te empujan Solo están Existen en un patrón de monotonía Unos grises Otros soleados Pase lo que pase J...

Paper Airplane

I’ve assembled my sharpest words composing them into a letter the words are cutting and strong they bite and savor what’s left they burn through it all like acid in a plastic bag

Grass

I’m counting the blades of grass Counting the stars One by one Trying not to go to fast

Bottled letter

I threw a bottled-letter into the ocean hurled it with all my might thinking, the harder I throw, the faster you’ll receive the message.

Notes

Notes on paper Notes on screens Notes etched into my heart Notes on other souls

Algarabía

En un tiempo cualquiera, En el espacio oscuro y aparentemente vacío Nacieron las estrellas En un acto de rebeldía En una explosión fugaz Un acto de gran algarabía

Maintenance Work

An empty piece of land sits empty and lonely; One day a building starts to go up in a strange journey A foundation is laid, a frame is put up. Plumbing, electrical and ducting, Some more framin...

The Cynics

Don’t believe the hype and bustle, the force so strong it pulls you under. Cynicism is running rampant through our minds, hearts and souls. The need to force upon others a jaded viewpoint, rough ...

Perhaps

On a rainy day, in another life, perhaps we will meet again We’ll look into the sky with our wondering eyes, We’ll look beyond the fabric of space and time, into the future, into the past, through ...

Firelight

Wisened, old souls I’ve known very few Once I thought they’d be my guiding light, but then my spirit grew, and now I see a tiny firelight blazing a path towards something new Now there is day inst...

Clock

Click-clock, click-clock … The ancient, weathered clock goes, on and on, it never ends The passing of time it has managed to escape Its skinny hands never seem to slow Old age comes and goes, all ...

Wormhole

A wormhole opened up the other day right in front of my face it taunted me to reach further

Made up song

I’m singing a song dancing lyrics stuck deep inside my brain not one tune makes sense music has never been my specialty, it’s all made up as I go a strumming guitar a deep bass a rocking drum fol...

Ghost

I remember! Clear as a blue-sky day, in that window there is a ghost at play! Dipping and swerving, wonderfully maneuvering, smooth like Cassius Clay.

Sembrando café

Una sombra impenetrable desciende de nuevo sobre la montaña. Encontraron cuerpos en unos pantanos, ahora son nombres tachados en la lista de desaparecidos. El pasado oscuro de muchas tierras, hoy...

Wind

A ghost of a wind flew by it thundered through hats and scarfs all flying about, with all the commotion and I could only think of you.

Muse

Something in the ether I’ve been trying to find, all my senses on high alert, a radar pinging in the depth of the ocean Why do I still feel blind my touch comes back cold all I taste is a flavor ...

Feathers in the wind

What are words if not feathers in the wind the world could end right now mountains crumbling from top to bottom I could say I love you weigh it down upon you like an ape on an ant heavy like a h...

Labyrinth

There are memories that get lost around, in a winding path that never ends, no magical orb will lead to a truth, no cart to carry them happiness-bound. You will find yourself on that road, wanderi...

Other Stars

It’s as if we were meant to be; shared embraces, stolen glances, all put together, in another life, under different stars.

Attention

Pay attention. Life passes us by, it flaunters through our eyes, its luster constant, relentless. Yet we deviate, our focus constantly on progression with no reflection, reality warped tragi...

Clasp

Freedom is within my glance, a few inches away, barely out of grasp, fingers fumbling, head starting to sway, Hurry! Hurry! I cannot undue this clasp, stuck inside meandering existential angst.

Linger

These days, they just linger on These nights, eternal with no dawn. Ceaselessly continuing Biting, cutting It’s hard to explain What goes through this brain

Long Story

If I told a story, would you even wait that long? What if I wrote you a song? With words painted a new dawn If I composed the perfect verse, would universal harm be crushed by an enormous mastodon...

Not Enough

A poetic prose is not enough, words get trampled, lost in the herd

Furrow

In the shadowed halls of my heart search and find, one light stays on, take a moment, no need for fright

Estrellada

La noche esta estrellada, y yo aquí sin vos Mi mirada esta desvelada, escribiendo sin encontrar mi voz.

Melancholy

My sweet melancholy I hear you sing all day I beg, do not show your head today Prancing in my head, I hear another honeyed melody Her seductive rhythm pulling me away Take your time and do delay E...

Sin ver

Miles de letras sangradas sobre papel, esfumadas todas en un éter. Largas cartas escritas, palabras martilladas con un cincel, olvidadas en el antier. Mis arrebatados pensamientos no entiende...

Knock me off

Oh! Will you look at me One day I was sleeping Next day I’m here Brought in kicking and screaming Now I’m a buffoon Like all of you This is simply absurd Behind the curtain there is lore So wi...

No Lament

Putting it all into this intent Smoky mist In it I see my dissent Only happens in my dreams Where specters go Where all things revolve Round and round they go On giant motion One enormous blur I...

Flash

It was a flash fire. Burning through at a furious pace. Terribly dire. Engulfing all with intense heat, ravaging, warming to the extreme, leaving nothing but ashes, and a bitter feeling running ...

Haze

It’s all just hazy Another sleepless night Rambling by dark corridors Can’t even feel fright This sensation at best is shaky So here we go again This is just a simple prose No spices or herbs Th...

Malfunction

A malfunction brought us here. An electrical discharge, way back in ancient time. It’s all one big story with nowhere to go. There is no end. There is no beginning. It is a cycle that repeats wit...

Perplexed

Oh these things I’ve said Things I’ve done Chasing something down Step by step Slow as a leech Barely out of touch I don’t know what Maybe something I will never reach Jumping over wrecks My mi...

Shallow Waters

Those shallow waters Comfortable and warm Beckon always to stay Linger and eventually falter Under false illusion make you broader Under false security make you hunger

Lessons

Learning lessons the hard way Running headlong into a brick wall Always trying to prove a point Now I’m just trying not to disappoint Blood running down my face A reminder of the pain coming from ...

Stare

Nothing comes out Staring at this blank screen Stopping me in my tracks from doubt Feelings urging to pour out Like a crack in a dam Turbulence ready to pounce Strike down the cement in my judgi...

Dream

Feelings lost in real time Nothing heard in the space around A dream is reality without the grime

Expectations

Dreaming up a perfect little world, a perfect romance a perfect partner a perfect meal perfection thats perfect. In all these godforsaken expectations we lose the meaning of it all. The outlook ...

Bad Company

I think I’ve given up Normalcy just doesn’t appeal All the lunacy has knocked me to my knees Hitting the road Looking for bad company

Spells of Nothing.

Getting lost in words. I’ll continue and succumb to another world Where it’s wrapped up perfectly for enchantment. Where answers are found, Questions are bound. Because try as I must, I do not...

Broken

We are just a bunch of fucked up people liking other fucked up people. We are all broken. Don’t keep smashing whats already in pieces, breaking it all down into dust. Lets try to help each other al...

One Chance

Nothing poetic about these words Lost in thoughts never heard Your heart is all I ever yearn One chance we have No regret seems too bad Lets run with it and just go mad

Le’ Poet Maudit

Los que quieren paz, amor y union. Los que sueñan con la elusiva utopía. El romántico tenaz, con sueños de humildad y nobleza, con el corazón en la tierra y el monte, donde crece el pasto verde b...

The Imperceptible

Do all times feel like dark times? Rampant tyranny through gloomy streets Excessive violence through addled minds A rattled consciousness leads to haste.

Cast Away

One day, humanity will, quite literally, cast our sails out into the interstellar cosmos, riding the winds of ancient energies from deep within the bowels of time, set on a journey to the profound ...

The Future

Our ever-expanding growth technologically and scientifically has taken us to challenge many beliefs close to our heart and soul. We have, as a society, transgressed past many boundaries that were t...

Another Sad Song

Gentle approaches, stubborn emotions, the feelings I get from all your reproaches.

Quiet

Pensive minds withholding deep thoughts Loud mouths divulging much of nothing Our minds cannot connect all the dots A ghastly mirage is whats haunting.

The Predicament

What a predicament we find ourselves in. The story goes that a thin veneer of electric pulses unites us all, interconnectedness they call it. Yet, there is another force that has been within and...

Behind the curtain

What of the world behind the curtain? I search and I search,yet, one thing is certain. Of this I am sure, a sensation escapes through every single pore. My heart screams it from the bottom of my...

Join Me

With each step And every breath. To battle the overflowing tide in the sea of life, Diving headfirst into the mist, Aimlessly making sense of what we see. Carve and plow Slice and dice.

Falling Leaves

...And with the falling leaves My heart goes with them Trembling down into the abyss Reaching out to the heavens Grasping at the dark void My essence emanates. A gut wrenching pulse pushes m...

A Way

There is no Purpose. No inherent Meaning. Your hard as a coconut head plows through it all as brusquely as a hammer hitting a nail. Existence, in all its complexities, Boils down to a simple tru...

Your Hand

Lend me your hand A darkened alley connects heart & brain How do I break away the eternal link Between love & pain Show me a way to understand.

Exploration

There is no exploration more important and transcendental than that of our own mind, our own being. To overcome mental barriers and the cognitive dissonance of which we suffer at the time we are pr...

Lenses

Adapting is always a pain. Viewing the world through different lenses seems to be a constant change. I used to wear eyeglasses, every year or two my prescription changed. My sight it required ...

Exist

Much like any other human that has ever lived, I don’t have a definitive answer to what happens after our last breath. Maybe an answer will elude us until the very end of our existence in this univ...

Micro

As I observe the myriad of social movements and protests springing up around the world, I think of the many fallacies that we are living under in modern society. The corrupt system seems to be crum...

El allá

Allá donde terminan todos los caminos, Donde la tierra encuentra el mar, Donde la montaña toca el cielo Y se puede hablar con los dioses, Donde la selva reemplaza el concreto, Donde luz y oscurida...

Norte

He perdido mi norte. No veo el camino. Las estrellas no me guían Y aun eso esta bien. Déjame detenerme un momento Permíteme contarte algo Una historia tumultuosa y aborrecida, Un historia de ...

Life recycled

We are explorers. Never-ending energy that drifts into eternity. The very dust that we are made of will one day conform into another state of being. We are seeds in an infinite loop of blossoming...

Concrete Purpose

-While gazing at the Boston cityscape-

Perdido entre estrellas

Escale cientos de escalones Alcance la infinidad ante tanto despojo Un estado alto que nadie alcanzaba ni parado sobre mil balcones Saltaban sobre mi un juego de luces infrarrojos Una resonancia i...

Ojos

Siempre en profunda contemplación sobre la naturaleza de nuestra existencia, el propósito de nuestro respirar y de toda esta grandeza. A veces se ve mucho en unos pequeños ojos, un mundo aparte y...

Explorar

No hay exploración mas importante y transcendental que la de nuestra propia mente, nuestro propio ser. Superar barreras mentales, superar la disonancia cognitiva de la cual sufrimos en el momento ...

Silencio

Hay veces tengo tanto que escribir que no me sale nada Hay veces tengo tanto que decir que se me atora la mente y se siente recargada Hay veces tengo tanto que oír que el silencio es como una a...

Corazón En Laberinto

Este corazón que no tiene razonamiento, en vez anda con un tono elegíaco Observando un distante firmamento Pensé encontrar una estrella en el horizonte paradisiaco Pero Como en la leyenda de El ...

Sala De Espejos

El mundo esta condicionado a mostrar dureza en momentos de fragilidad; las emociones, la vulnerabilidad no se prestan para las calles rudas y sin sentimientos. Expresar lo que se siente, sea con u...

Otros

Y si es un sueño, Otra dimensión Si es otra realidad, Otros encuentros Una vida distinta La tierra que gira al revés Un progreso regresivo La rueda nunca fue descubierta El humano es adiestrado...

Callejon

La causante de mi gran herida No es mi caminar solitario si no mas que mi mente que es un gran callejón sin salida Un interludio de sentimientos encontrados Que no hayan por ninguna esquina la p...

Inquietud

Siento un deseo incesante por moverme, Añoro lugares que jamas he conocido, Y extraño tiempos que un momento sintieron mi aire campante. Ciudades que odio y amo a la vez, si estoy, soy desdichado...

Sol-o Luna

Entre tanta multitud de estrellas hay una que me guía y a la vez me espanta con su mágico resplandor. Entre tanta multitud de estrellas hay una que me prevenía ante un futuro temblor. Entre tanta...

AI

Humans evolve technologically to create an artificial intelligence, a super computer that is conscious of its own existence, that eventually takes a human form.

Quizas

Es tan probable que exista un ser imaginario, omnipotente, Un ser supremo que todo lo ve y todo lo creo, Como es tan posible que somos un sueño, Una ficción del más allá, Una simulación creada ...

Carta de un Soldado

Hola,mi querida, mi amor. Como estas tu en este gran y lindo día, Martes 22 de Abril del año dos mil y catorce. Espero te encuentres bien al recibir esta carta. La escribí con mucha paciencia y car...

El más allá

Hay veces me pongo a pensar en lo espontánea que puede ser la vida. Pensar en mis abuelos por ejemplo, todos los momentos que compartí con ellos y todas las enseñanzas que dejaron. Recordar sus pa...

Me represento solo

Es hora de implementar nuevos sistemas políticos que representen los intereses de todos y no de pocos. Con la ayuda de nuevas tecnologías y el internet, un cambio verdadero se puede generar, donde ...

Grito clamoroso

El grito clamoroso del pueblo se escucha, pidiendo ser rescatado por un aparente político grandioso, elevado a las alturas de un ser divino. El que de nuevo regresará y solucionara los problemas qu...