I look at my grandma’s eyes and cup her face Tears run down her freckled tan cheeks. Tears that have been streaming for years, Carrying the weight of our family, …
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The Mother of My Mother – Elegy
A Tuesday afternoon when I waited for the last bell of the day to ring, Five minutes before it did my screen lit up with the desperate statement first. Just …
Winter Love – Ballad
How everything differs around while we are trapped in the plight, After the countless winters, the once-cold seasons. The shakiness in your voice blurs my sight, At the center of …
What is it about Love?
There is a certain beauty to your longing, How your heart flutters when you see the dewdrops kiss the roses’ lips How each ray of moonlight is not simply a …
We Remember You
I remember you. Bones and Eyes and blood and teeth and muscles Your Hair was like mine. It was thick and dark and smooth, but it was shorter I was …
What About the Present?
“You’re young, the world is your oyster,” they tell us A phrase we so effortlessly grasp onto. Teens like us have some pretty big dreams, don’t we? We plan out …
Persistence
By Natalie Rodriguez — I feel the blazing heat from the bright court As my foe and I battle for a win; Yet the score shows that I am falling …