Mi ratoncito está creciendo en unos años perderá su inocencia de niño En unos años su voz cambiara en unos años meses estará más alto que yo Y aunque este triste porque perderé mi niño tierno estoy emocionada para conocer el hombre En Que se convertirá en unos años
it’s the hunger games time again I meant the MET Gala where celebrities show off their ostentatious and grotesque expensive outfits while the majority of us are trying to make sure all of the bills are paid, wondering if we do indeed deserve our weekly treat at starbucks, while some of us are being deported to countries we don’t belong to or that we don’t remember for the sole crime of being brown and having the right documents
it’s the hunger games time again oh I meant the MET Gala and of course we’re shocked Sabrina didn’t wear pants and that Rihanna is pregnant again even though half a world away in Gaza, moms are burying their children, that’s if they’re lucky to find them under the rubble and the Good Ole USA is on it’s way to becoming a Nazi state and half of us are in a cult devoted to Trump while the other half are struggling and unsure of where to look for comfort, for reprieve from all of the fires burning
drama always finds me and I don’t know why that is even as I try to keep my head low and walk around humble I still get caught up in telenovela moments i never ask to be a part of and the best I can do is make poetry out of it
some storms are worth the rainbows that come after them like the first steps taken after an invasive and life changing surgery like the victory dinner after the termination of a marriage that never should have happened like the first drive alone after beating a 15 year driving phobia like the child graduating at the top 10 percent of his class even though the odds were stacked against him like the rainbow child born after enduring the nightmare of losing one like still being here and writing a poem about storms and rainbows even though many times you’ve been tempted by thanatos whispers to end it some storms are worth the rainbows that come after them because rainbows are hope, magic, and joy that make a life worth living
The first and last time I tried to die I tried to get everything right I wrote letters to my loved ones and swallow each pill one by one All that was easy enough but really dying was tough Something inside me was too stubborn And sent one last text out to a friend who alerted my husband Between her and him, I never reached my end but in that moment I understood the suicidal writers and poets Living is exhausting,living is agonizing I yearned for the sweetness of death to take away my mediocre breath But the universe or God had other plans And today I finally understand Living is painful,living is terrible But living is also beautiful and really living is admirable
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 who’s 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 it’s difficult and tricky since I’m not desperate, I’m not crazy and I have standards and I don’t 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 I’m 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, I’m 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 can’t let that happen ever again so this time around, it’s 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 can’t 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 I’m both awestruck and jealous at their achievement because I couldn’t even get past year 11 of my marriage because now I can’t even get past a talking stage on any of the dating apps because I can’t 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