Deadlock
written by: Ayo Gutierrez
desires unbridled–
we fall down in a straight line
like the thin waterfall etched;
a seeming furrow against a cliff
parallel our plunge
spasms of bleak dust drift
endlessly over the horizons
blinding my eyes of reason
imploring you
to swim further below
with me…
but my hungry lips meet
your impervious gaze
my lips—
they murmur of your
annoying restraint to
take me further
to your world
we both now dwell
on our conflicted present
where time is unmistakably
our mutual enemy
up and down in this
teeter-totter ride,
we keep score
of our deep sighs
and encumbrances
of regret.
Ayo Gutierrez pens her art in the Philippines. Gutierrez’s poetry collection Yearnings showcases her latest work—while also featuring poems by an international cast of eighteen different writers in an array of poetic styles. Ayo’s poetry has appeared in five different anthologies: I Have a Name: Anthology of Prose and Poems on Mental Disorders (2017); Hidden Constellation magazine (2017); A Promise of Doves (December 2018); and Transcendence: The Anthology of Human Thought from Trode Publications (February 2019). She also co-authored Bards from the Far East: Anthology of Haiku and Kindred Verses.
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