I wrote this poem in February of 2023.

the empty wineglass sits at the edge of the coffee table
after Iβve written another poem about you
it needs to be refilled so my mind gets tired
of being inspired by the memory of you
I wrote this poem of February of 2025.

one day Iβll meet a man who wonβt be afraid to take my hand
and declare his love for me in public
one day Iβll meet a man who wonβt have eyes for another body
other than mine
One day Iβll meet a man whose values aligns with mine
One day Iβll meet a man whoβs always looking for ways
to evolve and better himself
One day Iβll meet a man who wonβt run away from his emotions
and confront them head on even when it hurts
one day Iβll meet a man whoβll want to make me his
for the rest of his life without blinking an eye
and say Iβm one the best things thatβs ever happened to him
I wrote this poem in February of 2023.

Iβd never say I lost time with any of my love stories-
they all taught me something about myself
They all inspired me to write poetry
and two of them help me create my three kings
even if some of my love stories left me decimated
and almost destroyed me
they were all worthy for the love I felt
the growth and progress I had
I wrote this poem in February of 2025.

next valentineβs day I want to be calm especially if Iβm still alone
I want my nervous system to be ultra regulated and not the mess
it currently is
next valentineβs day I donβt want to entertain vengeful fantasies
of getting my baseball bat to scare couples in the middle
of their romantic dinner
Next valentineβs day I donβt to keep playing the role of bitter,jaded,
and lonely bitch who allows herself to become a wreck
at the mere mention of romantic love
Next valentineβs day Iβm rewriting the script of grief stricken lonely girl
and will make it a day that will reflect on all of the love I have in my life
I wrote this poem in February of 2023.

Iβve written dozens and dozens of poems about our story of lust and love
but today I found your purpose
with you I found inspiration and motivation to make myself better
hoping you could really love me
hoping you wouldnβt see me as just a sexual commodity
hoping to make myself worthy of you
and while now I see it was a delusion of mine
to do all of these things for your love
it still helped me to become better than before
it still brought me the resilience, strength and courage
to start living the life I always wanted to live
and plan the future I had always dreamed of
with you and after you-
I became the empowered woman I am today
and for that I thank you
I wrote this poem in February of 2025.

never set out to become a feminist but somehow ended up becoming everything
opposite of what I was taught a woman should be
in my young girlβs mind
a husband and children should have made me happy
even when I observed all of the women around drown in misery
always complaining about their husbands and kids
I thought that maybe with me, itβd be different
and when I found myself in my grown up conditioned woman narrative
I almost tried to die in that reality and knew it was never for me
and for a while I searched for answers in others until I looked within
and understood, i alone am magic
I alone without a man am really enough
and the only one responsible for my happiness and to make my dreams come true
all a man ever did was drag me down and made me feel like the dirt on his shoe
or like an ornament to take out at times for his convenience
and when I realized all of this
thatβs when I became an unintentional feminist, unapologetic and unashamed
to be the woman I always wanted to be but had been too afraid to embrace
until my middle age
I wrote this poem in February of 2023.

Iβm looking for the rhythm of a new heartbeat to fall in love with
A heartbeat that goes with the flow of my intense intimacy
A heartbeat who doesnβt call me angel or princess
only calls me by my name
a heartbeat whoβll fall in love with the real me
and not the idea they have of me
or the persona I play on social media
A heartbeat who can handle my crazy and chaos
A heartbeat who accepts and understands me
and never tries to change me
I wrote this poem in February of 2025.

me and my family have immigration jokes for day on end
and some of my friends think thatβs sick and awful
but its one of the only things
that helps me and my family keep our sanity
in Trumpβs American is making fun of our misery and misfortune
itβs how weβve survived generations of corrupt governments
and wannabe dictators
its how weβve passed resilience and strength to future generations
sure, we may cry at first as the life weβve worked hard for
starts falling apart and our plans for the future are shattered
because of a few megarich and corrupt maga idiots
who run our government
but right after we wipe our tears and break out in jokes
and laughter
especially now that whatβs supposed to be the land of the free
gets more and more fascist
and we swim closer and closer to nazi waters
the only thing we can do is try to find a way to smile, to laugh,
to find a bit of joy no matter how fucked up in may seem
in this dystopian clusterfuck
I wrote this poem in February of 2022.

next time, next time, next time
I wonβt live in the should haves,
could haves, would haves
next time, next time, next time
Iβll live in my present
and not in my past or future
next time, next time, next time
I wonβt feel useless, worthless
or like Iβm not enough
I wrote this poem in February of 2025.

rose gold cross ripped from her neck
handcuffs cutting into her smalls wrists
mami and papi canβt explain why
theyβre nowhere to be found
she thought officers were supposed to be good people
but they hurl insults at her and call her a criminal
and at 10 she can hardly grasped
the severity of the situation
they tell her over and over again
βweβre taking you back to where you came fromβ
and itβs beyond her compression
because her birth certificate says Illinois
because America is the only home sheβs ever known
I wrote this poem in February of 2022.

Iβm pregnant, it’s yours, I want to keep it
I start crying
βJust get rid of it you tell me
he fairytale died that day
Iβm at your apartment drunk
And you;re drunk, we fight, then we kiss
And you take me in-but then you feel guilt
And kick me out I
The fairytale died that day
Iβm at your apartment
I want to hold you and kiss you
I yearn for you
You imply I canβt be trusted
The fairytale died that day
escribi este poems en febrero del 2025.

la incertidumbre ha sido mi lecciΓ³n mΓ‘s grande en mis ΓΊltimos 5 aΓ±os
Nunca sabiendo quΓ© hacer cuando un terremoto emocional
me va a sacudir violentamente
tratando de buscar propΓ³sito por el dolor y el duelo
tratando de hacer arte de esto
Algunos dicen que era alquimia y magia
pero yo pienso que alguna palabra o concepto
que todavΓa no ha sido descubierto
I wrote this poem in February of 2022.

Donβt fall in love with me he said to me
right after he got off from me
he wanted to make sure I didnβt get the wrong idea
So he dotted his Iβs and Tβs of casual fucking
And I didnβt go into a love hysteria
But it was already too late
My intense emotions couldnβt wait
βI love him, heβs my love kingβ
I was already thinking
the truth is
No one can control a borderlineβs mind
And itβs not his fault of mine
that I catch feelings easily
even when you use me sexually
It wonβt matter what you say
My mind wonβt be swayed
I wrote this poem in February of 2025.

Diseased hip evicted, shiny aluminum to replace it
6 inch scar needed to better my life
80 minutes of the Drs doing their magic
Cutting into me and making me whole
a recovery period of 6 weeks or so they say
third time trying to fix my hip
hopefully the third time is a charm
all of this just for being born broken,
Damaged and different
everyone admires my strength and resilience
and all I dream about is one day not being defined
by everything Iβve had to overcome,
of ne day not being called resilient
and being seen as more than the turmoil
Iβve had to endure and over come
I wrote this in February of 2021.

The winds of defiance rules my heart
I love someone I shouldnβt
Who stirs up hate and love
within me
I feel underwhelmed
by everything wonderful
in my life
The winds of defiance rule my heart
And I shouldnβt want to run
from my beautiful lover
and yet I want to
And I desire danger and intensity
even if what I really need
is peace and calm