WritingEscritura
Poems.Poemas.
Questions about time, truth and who we are, written alongside the visual work. Winner of the 2026 CGA Press Creative Writing Prize.
Preguntas sobre el tiempo, la verdad y quiénes somos, escritas junto a la obra visual. Ganadora del Premio de Escritura Creativa CGA Press 2026.
Los poemas se presentan en su idioma original (inglés).
Perfection
There is no such thing as perfection But there is There is such a thing as perfection As it is You can see it in nature and its selection You can see it in math and its direction You can see it in humans and their reflection There is such a thing as perfection As long as there's connection There will be perfection Even in the imperfectionIf time were money, and money were time
If time were money, would we give as much as we gained? If time were money, would we save it for years to spend? If time were money, would we know the price of things? If time were money, in what would we invest? But time isn't money, nor is money time, but if it were If money were time, would we know its value? If money were time, could we get it back in a flash? If money were time, should we give it to someone, should we owe it to them? If money were time, shouldn't you get to decide what you do with it then? If time were money If money were time On what would we spend it And most importantly, why?I'm from the present
I am standing here and now I'm thinking of the future while I'm living in the past I want to be as present As one could ever be But how can I If the future I can see If the past I can be If the present sets me free I'm all three All in one one in all That's the key To beIt starts with a burning
It starts with a burning A burning in the mind Light that's turned on And isn't put out It grows stronger and stronger As the questions spread out With answers unanswered A step into the unknown Where the known will be shown As long as we give The light will liveThe truth
The truth can set you free Free as the wind you can be The truth can make you see What others may disagree The truth is full of youth And it does come with proof So let us speak the truth The one we hold The one we mold The truth we choose Will make us museGoing out of the ABCs
Why should we stay in the ABCs? What goes after C? Well, obviously D, so why should we stay in the ABCs? We already know the ABCs. We already know it ends with XYZ. We already know it starts with A and ends with Z, so why should we stay in the ABCs? We already know the words it makes; we already know how many letters it takes, so why should we stay in the ABCs? And what would happen if we made our own ABCs? It could start with XYZ; why don't we make our own ABCs? We could make a whole new alphabet. Why don't we make our own ABCs?Who are you
Who are you? I am a human A human with a body A body with a brain A brain with a mind A mind with consciousness A consciousness… I don't know who I am I just am I am nothing I am everything All at once