Selected Poems by Francisco Navarro

“The Waiting” 

It’s just another day
pushing 
against the waves of my 
past 

Waiting 
for a sign that 
all our fears will disappear from 
you and I.

I've lost track of time 
caged in my mind 
With the shadows of a world 
Reminding me 

That I’m just terrified 
to become another wandering soul 
in search of something 
meaningful— 

That I might never find 
While sitting by the fireside 
Under the bright lucid sky 
I will wait for another day 

So please come tell me: 
What am I 
supposed to 
Feel?

“All I Know”

Strange is the night in which we sleep, 
Dreams come and go while we drift. 
Eyes towards the sky, 
Searching for stars and instead, 
I find obscuring clouds. 

Promises we attempted to keep 
Wave goodbye to me through the drowsy dusk. 
What else is there to say, 
All I know is that I must go. 
Minutes before dawn whisper in my ear, 

Tomorrow never knows If you’ll be here. 
I realized the idea of you and everything of you, 
Was a dream, a haze. 
All I know is that 
when my eyes drift to the sky and they meet the stars, 

I can breathe again. 

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Francisco Navarro

10/16/2020

Francisco Navarro is a musician from Hayward, California, and a recent graduate from UC Davis. His poems, “The Waiting,” and, “All I Know,” were inspired by stressful feelings of the unknown and his personal lived experiences with depression.