"Zeus's Musings

  In the plaza where the sun always glows Comes a whisper everybody knows El Chismoso with his tales to spin Get ready now the fun begins Down by the fountain where the old folks meet El Chismoso got the talk of the street His eyes like a hawk they catch every move He knows your secrets and he will approve From Doña Rosas fight to Juans late stroll No little story slips out of his soul El Chismoso oh he runs the show Spilling the tea where the rumors grow With a wink and a grin he lights up the town El Chismoso never lets you down Oye oye the whispers fly El Chismoso under the evening sky He heard who is in love who is breaking apart Who snuck out the back with a runaway heart His words they dance like sparks in the air Spreading like fire before you are aware The mercado hums with his latest tale El Chismoso never does fail But cuidado amigo when he is near Your secrets might slip for the whole world to hear He is the mirror of the pueblo truth No lie can hide from his gossip ...

Beneath the skin a tempest brews A restless force no soul can refuse It coils tight a serpent’s grasp A weight of years a muted gasp The heart a vault of buried cries Holds secrets veiled in shadowed skies Each pulse a plea each breath a fight A prisoner locked in endless night The mind replays what hands can’t mend A thread of grief that knows no end Old wounds fester raw and deep A vigil kept in sleepless sleep The tongue grows heavy words unsaid A chorus of ghosts a choir of dread Yet still it builds this silent roar A tide that crashes on the shore Through trembling limbs the storm ascends A force too vast to make amends It claws its way from depths unknown A primal wail a jagged tone The dam gives way the flood unfurls A torrent spins in chaotic swirls Tears carve rivers fierce and wild A cleansing born of inner child The pen may bleed the voice may break Each note a risk each line a stake A canvas slashed with hues of pain A dance of loss in pouring rain The body bends the spi...