By Nicholas Alexander Brown-Cáceres

Muse.

Onyx sheen glistening
on the Crown
layered as marble
David personified

Breath / Halted
an unseen force field
grasping without abandon
my spirit and all beings
present

Piel dulce con sabor
a canela cristalizada
glowing as a Mexican fire
Opal

All powerful 
gaze of ancestors
Smile that melts gold
Giver of life

Delicate strength 
of your baritone voice
summoning the gods to
suspend time

Black translucent 
orbs that contain the spark
of creation, energy 
of the cosmos, linger

Awakening passion,
Fire. 

Fuego.


Sirena.


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“La Sirena”
—

Musa.

Brillo de ónix
Luminoso en la Corona
capas como mármol
David personificado

Aliento / Detenido
un sentido de fuerza invisible
agarrando sin abandonar
mi espíritu y todos los seres
presentes

Piel dulce con sabor
a canela cristalizada
brillando como un Ópalo
fuego mexicano

Mirada todopoderosa 
de los antepasados
Sonrisa que derrite el oro
Dadora de vida

Delicada fuerza 
de tu voz de barítono
convocando a los dioses para
suspender el tiempo

Ojos oscuros translúcidos 
que contienen la chispa
de la creación, energía 
del cosmos, persisten

Despertando pasión,
Fuego. 

Fire.

Siren.






 

Los Muertos Pier, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México, September 3, 2024, by Nicholas Alexander Brown-Cáceres

Nicholas Alexander Brown-Cáceres is a Honduran-American library executive, musician, and writer based in Mitchellville, Maryland. He has served at the Library of Congress, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System, Washington Performing Arts, Harvard University, and the 215th Army Band. His work has appeared in Popular Music and Public Diplomacy, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts, The Horn Book, Collaborative Librarianship, and American Journal of Public Health, among other publications.