The Mind is a Jumble

ALICIA ZAVALA GALVÁN

April 27, 2020

The days

a confusing cycle

of thoughts, imagined events,

gestures, movements

physical places

traveled without leaving

replayed

backward

forward

then

backward

again

Each time

persons moving in

and out of an instant

long or brief

both planting doubt

in the brain

invisible

then visual

until the cycle

creates a deception

for the ear and or eye

almost realistic

sometimes

true and surreal

a composite of images

that seem

happened just a breath ago

perhaps nature

lending a hand

by an early or late

sunrise and sunset

Primarily a poet, ALICIA ZAVALA GALVÁN has published six collections of poetry, most in a bilingual format. Much of Galván’s research activity has centered on the seventeenth century feminist nun of Colonial Mexico, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. She is also a painter and editor.