Art – Francisco Bravo Cabrera
Video Production – Literary Revelations
Francisco Bravo Cabrera – regular font
Gabriela Marie Milton – italic font
The Road by Francisco Bravo Cabrera and Gabriela Marie Milton
The road bends furtively round the passing years,
avoiding those who stubbornly remain,
like a mouse caught in a maze…
The silent path curls back on itself,
Like those who linger lost,
within the flames of our Spanish maze.
Like a ribbon pulled by unseen hands,
The road carries the weight of hopeful smiles
as it gently crosses desert sands…
dreams unfurl in the hush of distant days
a snake coils on my arm
a silken thread torn from a kiss
I’ve walked it under silver skies,
waiting for the morning’s gentle rain,
whispering your name…
Echoes of a touch that never happened,
longing swallowed by memory, I cannot remember why,
the ache of what will always be
Some days the road just seems too long to bear,
If your body remains far from sight,
while I’m dreaming of your soft skin in the night…
White turns reddish pink amid the night
Sands cover their eyes— desires flame
untouched by rhyme.
And though the winds of longing may have changed my stride,
as other roads crossed mine from time to time,
the only road that leads to you forever winds…
Yet in the hush between each step and sigh,
Between my blood and yours
my lips untouched
So here I stand, where journeys start and end,
where all the scattered moments meet.
the road has led me to your heart again
Where our love was born from sand and tombs
from futures that may not exist
The road that led me to your heart again
has no end.
“Gabriella,
Hey, can you email me about my project? I don’t know if you stop by to like and leave or if you read my blog, because you’re one of my regulars that I see and have seen for 13 years—which is how long I’ve been on. I haven’t contacted you before because you focus on haikus. Thanks.”
Paul, write to me at literaryrevelations@pm.me
I did. I’m not sure if you received it because I had a recent email error.
Beautiful, sensual, circular poem…I have never read a collaborative poem before…very innovative…congratulations!!
Thank you so much!
This is such a beautiful collab ❤️
Thank you Maggie dear!
Gabriela my pleasure 🙏
💓💓💓
Thank you dear Luisa.
You’re more than welcome!
Such a beautiful poem you two and I love the video with awesome music❣️
Thank you so much dearest Cindy!
You’re so very welcome❤️
I love the artwork and the poem! A brilliant collaboration!
Thank you so much my dearest!
Wonderful ❤️
Thank you!
A beautiful collaboration, dear G! 🙌❤️🌹
Thank you so much my fantastic Winnie
You’re welcome! 🤗❤️🌹
You’re welcome, dear G! ❤️🌹
Such a beautiful poem. I can feel the difference in both voices yet pieced together, the yearning for ‘the one’ feels deeper
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment Sam!
I confess I am not very much into poetry, but this felt like such a beautiful and delicate intertwining of thoughts and feelings! I loved it!
Thank you dear Anda!
A long and winding road…