Metamorphosis
A poem by Harley Cortez
She’s turning into an angel
Right before my very eyes
She wears an oxygen tank
Like a halo (it’s hard to breathe on earth)
And as twilight approaches
She embodies her child self
The infant, once able to see angels
Was looking at her future self
Light does not dim,
It is forever luminous
She will be gone soon
But then, she will be everywhere
The great shattering of the sky
In all the ultraviolet hues
She’ll turn into an angel
Right before our blind eyes
She will be gone soon
But then, she will be everywhere.
Harley Cortez is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and filmmaker. His work has been shown in Los Angeles, NYC, and Tokyo.
Raised in Los Angeles, CA and Queens, NY, he also lived in his mother’s home country, Guatemala, for a brief time as a kid. He wrote this piece whilst caring for his mother in her final days.
Find more of his works here.
