without a care in the world-we danced in the rain enjoying the last vestiges of childhood feeling the wet ground against our feet stomping and laughing and enjoying the miracle of this moment as it rained in paradise
Iβm an expert at navigating the gray and vague trying to romanticize and make fires out of the smallest of sparks deluding myself into thinking if I stick around long enough Heβll realize Iβm the one
I long to run free in a world free from prejudice and pride I long to run free in a world free from judgment and ignorance I long to run free in a world that accepts people like me I long to run free in a world where Iβm not hypervigilant about toning myself down
karma bit me and now Iβm paying for all of my emotional crimes now Iβm met with silence and indifference and I go and examine what was the final straw which post led you over the ledge from friendship to being acquaintances once again
me and my cousins followed in our abuelas footsteps having kids out of wedlock with men who abandoned us and becoming the other woman and God bless our parents for trying to break this unhealthy cycles but Gabrielaβs blood is too strong for any of us to fight off properly so at some point as we come into adulthood we search for love in the wrong places like her, become pick mes and suffer the consequences of our actions
Sometimes the poem just writes itself without asking me what I want the rage, the grief,over what this world is becoming seeps out of my pen and stains the paper I wanted to write a love poem on
he came for my people followed the rhetoric of our hate fueled president men, women, children killed in cold blood because they were the wrong race, the wrong color spoke the wrong language he came for βUSβ the so-called invaders him at just 21 years old filled with hatred from head to toe brainwashed by white supremacy twenty two lives taken as a consequence of a monstrous ideology twenty two families who will forever grieve and mourn the neverending sorrow loss of their loved ones taken too soon twenty two families with an infinity of questions and no real answers and as usual the useless thoughts and prayers come, and the law makers are the worst, making empty promises to fight this American epidemic but after a few days, they will forget like everyone else itβs no longer a question of why this happened ttβs become a question of when will be the next time
september , september, september please be calmer, please be kinder please bring an air of prosperity so I can dig myself out of the financial hole Iβve found myself in please allow me some time to breathe, rest, and reset
My jealousy is green and monstrous- Its big and dramatic Itβs almost epic and iβm like dammit I wish I wasnβt like this but maybe itβs time to accept it itβs not that Iβm toxic Or that something is wrong with me I just need a lover who only has eyes for me, who doesnβt think about other options when heβs with me whoβs so obsessed with me, Iβm like the air he needs to breathe in order to live
floating across the water, Iβve never felt more loved, Iβve never felt safer and thereβs something magical about this moment, a poem or a picture I canβt capture how I look like in utmost serenity and peace
touch me in such a way that I canβt get enough of you stimulate all of my five senses until I lose myself completely make forget how I promised myself never to fall in love again make me yours with a passion that makes me break my vow of celibacy for good reason
We danced and danced until we fell into each other and consummated our desire and you told me you loved me for the first time it was then and there I knew weβd be together the rest of our lives
I believe a good poem will move you in such a way it will evoke some emotion in you I believe a great poem will rip you apart, punch you in the gut and render you completely speechless
I made promises to myself after your departure- I promise to be completely myself for next love candidate- No matter how crazy that may look like- I promise to show him my prose and poetry- even if it opens a door to hurtful truths he deserves to know my past if he wants to be part of my present and form a part of my future- I promise to not place him on a pedestal Iβll look for his humanity, truth, and accept him for who he is and no matter how much I love him- I wonβt accommodate to him or compromise my integrity Heβll have to learn to live with and love the strong woman I am today