Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal resides in California and works in the mental health field in Los Angeles. His poems have appeared online and in print at Blue Collar Review, Escape Into Life, Impspired, Kendra Steiner Editions, Mad Swirl, Pygmy Forest Press, and Unlikely Stories. His latest poetry book, Make the Water Laugh, was published by Rogue Wolf Press (2021).

Here Lies the Poem

Here lies the poem.
It means nothing.
It says nothing.
It is not worth a dime.

Still, it has hopes.
It has dreams to
be something more
than money could bring.

I will accept a buck
or two to buy a
pen or a pencil
to write or draw

or write something
interesting to
share with the few
people who read

what I write on
a daily basis
because tomorrow
is not promised.

A Lady Named Jesus

She said people
thought she was the
savior Jesus.

She said God
knew she was not
really Jesus.

She said people
came to kill her
just like Jesus.

She asked me to
pray for her and
I would be saved.

She said only
Russia could find
her safe passage.

I asked why she
believed that and
she hung up the phone.

She called me back
a few minutes
later and she

repeated her
story to me
over again.