Truth Speak
Turn up the voltage
and burn out the light bulbs.
Step off the pedestal
and conform to nothing.
Swim against the current
and jump the shark or play
with it for a while and
write with the blood you shed.
Out of disorder
and rebellion a flash
of happiness can spring
forth, like electric dreams.
The butterflies in your
stomach will fly out of
your mouth and your heart
will be free to speak truth.
Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal lives in California and works in Los Angeles. His poems, art, and photographs have appeared in Blue Collar Review, Escape Into Life, Medusa's Kitchen, and Yellow Mama Webzine. His most recent poetry book, Make the Water Laugh, was published by Rogue Wolf Press. Luis recommends St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.