“The bride and groom grinned the way we did then,
with a mouth full of promise,
believing that even when it finally got dark,
our hearts would glow fluorescent,
for we had stopped the world from spinning
and would always be together just like this.”
Enjoy this audio recording of “Mariposa” by Rafaella Del Bourgo from Vol. 35:2 of CALYX Journal! Buy your copy here!
Rafaella Del Bourgo’s writing has appeared in Puerto Del Sol, Rattle, and Oberon. She has won the Allen Ginsberg Award and the Paumanok Prize and was nominated for a third Pushcart. She won the Terry J. Cox Award for her poetry manuscript to be published by Regal House summer 2025. She lives in Berkeley, CA.