saliva drips from my month as a gentle desire overtakes me tacos de carne asada with onions and cilantro in front of me he knew exactly how to start melting the jaded and bitter bitch in me he knew how to lure out the romantic in me whoβs terrified to start anew and while to some it may seem like a simple gesture he knew that to me it meant everything
I never belonged to you or him I belong to the world, the universe and God I belong to myself, to my ancestors I belong to my words for better or worse I belong to poetry and prose
I keep trying to write my next chapter of love and find my next ex but this time itβs difficult and tricky since Iβm not desperate, Iβm not crazy and I have standards and I donβt automatically swipe right on 10 out of 10 face card, I really observe where they stand on important issues like will they make the main and only romantic protagonist in their life? will they fetichize me like Iβm some cute, sexy, and exotic little thing? are they the kind of person to cheer if anyone in my family gets deported so many things to ponder about as I try to find my next ex perhaps, Iβm overthinking this and should try to not be so picky then again, I know how quickly the romantic in me cling to someone the minute I feel chemistry, the minute they feel like home to me only for me to break apart catastrophically when it all comes crashing down nah, I canβt let that happen ever again so this time around, itβs best to be strategic and think logically to myself rule with my head instead of my heart
The language of my healing is poetry Poetry evokes the emotions out of me Poetry evokes love, hate,joy and anger Poetry evokes moments of pleasure Poetry evokes everything I canβt bring myself to say out loud Poetry heals and saves me
Sharks from the screen come alive and devour my heart i lose all sense of time and place who am i? where am i? Is this a nightmare? everything become nonsense in between of another before and AFTER!
the prettiest stocker/receptionist on the Eastside of Athens
I exist between stocking and typing I exist between boxes and documents I exist between hip pain and carpal tunnel I exist between grocery clerk and receptionist
horace and betty flaunt 77 years of matrimony on the front page of the local newspaper and Iβm both awestruck and jealous at their achievement because I couldnβt even get past year 11 of my marriage because now I canβt even get past a talking stage on any of the dating apps because I canβt imagine the kind of saintly patience, understanding and loyalty required for that kind of commitment
horace and betty flaunt 77 years of matrimony on the front page of the local newspaper and I wonder the fuck they did it what was the magic key to unlock both their doors to a lifetime of shared love,respect and vulnerability
Downloaded hinge to become unhinged the fountain of inspiration was waning and I needed a dose of new character energy even if some of those characters are icky and shady even if some of those characters annoy me I canβt keep writing about the same old repetitive stories reheating old trauma for the purpose of making art after a while, it gets exhausting after a while, it makes no sense since Iβve forgiven them all and honestly, I canβt do another 4 years of Trump Celibate and devoid of any romantic energy
this was the image that inspired me to write this poem
I saw a cross written in the sky and I wondered, βIs that you God? Is that your sign that I shouldnβt lose faith or hope and I need to keep going,to keep living? Is that you God ? Telling me everything will be fine and one day peace will be mine
my teenager gives my dating advice, at 13, he thinks he knows everything after watching an unhealthy amount of romantic animes and getting his first girlfriend says romance should be a slow burn donβt hold hands until the twentieth date and donβt think about the benefits of the men Iβm dating Concentrate on what my heart is feeling and I donβt know if I should be offended or impressed but then again at 44, I am the one divorced with a trail of several trainwrecks relationships left behind maybe I should take his words of wisdom seriously
I divorce myself from drama I marry the calm I divorce myself from lies I marry the truth I divorce myself from faking it I marry being authentic I divorce myself from self hatred I marry self love
mami didnβt know the door she opened when she gave me Becquer”s Rhyme XXX thought I would just take solace in the spanish poets words about heartbreak and move on mami had no idea how that poem was a gateway to inspiration for me to write my first poem at 15 and keep writing them 30 years later
Faith found me one day and told me to keep going when I didnβt want to Faith made me believe in GOD when I wanted to fall into the abyss of depression Faith held me as I cried endless tears of my about my latest life’s catastrophe Faith loved me when I couldnβt love myself Faith brought me people who believed in me When I couldnβt believe in myself Faith decided to one day bring itβs accomplice HOPE