David Hernandez

David Hernandez (1971-  )  Born in Burbank, California he is a poet (having just published his 5th collection of poems titled "Hello I Must Be Going") and he is also a young adult writer. David teaches creative writing at California State University, Long Beach and is married to writer Lisa Glatt.

I suggest you read the poem out loud at least once or twice. It brings it even more alive.…

Sincerely, the sky

Yes, I see you down there

looking up into my vastness.

What are you hoping

to find on my vacant face,

there between the crisscross

of telephone wires?

You should know I am only

bright blue now because of physics:

molecules break and scatter

my light from the sun

more than any other color.

You know my variations

azure at noon, navy by midnight.

How often I find you

then on your patio, pajamaed

and distressed, head thrown

back so your eyes can pick apart

not the darker version of myself

but the carousel of stars.

To you I am merely background.

You barely hear my voice.

Remember I am most vibrant

when air breaks my light.

Do something with your brokenness.

— David Hernandez