Companion
My feline friend
says I love you
either with
a meow
a kiss
wanting a boop
grooming me too
walking together
like sidekicks
or gets into a
perfect purring position
on my chest
drifting off
to peaceful rest.
Tag: free verse
An alluded request
Write me lines
like Neruda
Write about an invincible love
that all of nature knows,
how it conspires
to help us blossom
Write your lines
on my body
Do to me
what spring does with the cherry trees
my bones will store our secrets
Write 100 sonnets
inspired by our
mornings
afternoons
nights
Write odes about
my laughter
hands
eyes
Write about our bond
that when my eyes close
They’re with your dreams
Escríbeme en español
porque sabes que es
la única lengua
que mi alma entiende ***
Write
so our spirits can
communicate
across distance and time
Write me these lines
and I’ll love you without pride
Without questioning
where, how or when
Write these lines with your actions
Because I write lines too
Don’t want to spend nights
writing the saddest verses
like I have before
feeling the weight of your absence
because loving someone
is short
But to forget them
is so
long.
***Write to me in Spanish
because you know
that it’s the only language
my soul understands
Break
The struggle is real
but I refuse to accept
that fates are sealed.
when reality is harsh
it becomes surreal.
Violence and poverty
are steel like chains
causing inequality
to remain.
Shootings on street corners
believed to be the hood’s
epidemic but history
proves it’s a repetitive
pandemic.
Death left to rot
in the streets
expecting everyone
to nonchalantly
march to their beat.
A modern version
of the Colosseum
leaves people
suffering with delirium.
Feed them
students can’t learn
if they’re hungry or cold.
Injustice is a 17 year old
not knowing how to read
1984 to understand
how to be freed.
Greed
Walmart made a deal
with the devil
to reach higher levels
while they treat employees
like pebbles.
But it’s not just them
we’re running a human
drag race with false
head starts and
unequal distribution of parts
based on arbitrary decisions
or who your kin is.
We were founded
by rebels that yelled
no more
And when given
no choice
they found their voice.
Wake up America
and make some noise.
Ink
Poetry brings clarity
in a world filled
with insanity
Long time ago
a friendship was born
with a pen
whispered words
from worlds not seen
or heard, truth
Masked in metaphors
but it shines
bright blue
Pen weaved words
bringing comfort
to the soul
Because it will
get beaten down
and worn
Band aids can’t heal
bullet wounds, restoration
found in literary art
In solitude, pen proved
to be the greatest
of friends
Promised to be
loyal till it’s last
breath
Provided a root for
inner strength’s tree
to grow
Leaves of creativity
and hope
fountain flows.
Voodoo Child
I speak with a stare
can leave your body
feeling lighter than air
Serenade your skin
with kisses velvet soft
Convert fantasies into
realities
Navigate my way
north
west
east
south.
you’ll feel my power
in your mouth
feel like the luckiest
man alive.
I’ll warn just once
Don’t fuck with me.
I’ll leave you
high and dry
without warning
or goodbye
because I can
turn fire into ice,
if you don’t play
nice
A Poem prayer
A harp grows
wings
Kind words to
speak
Faith like
blanket.
Trust in the good
and take a
leap
space
It’s yours
Silent sage
rule the
thoughts
in your
heart.
Peace to
everyone and
everything
let happiness reign
pour blessings of joy
every day.
Patience
It’ll come.
Close your eyes
count to three
Breathe and
let it be.
Muse
Did you make
a pact with
heaven,
to borrow
melodies
harmonies?
bated breathe
Hold
that
note
Captivating
Let passion play
sending shivers
down my spine
sweet surrender
to your sound.
Thinking of
possibilities
if it was
only me
and
you
around.
Make my body
your guitar
Allow me
to show you
how to
sing
a different
tune.
Twins
Two pennies
copper core
different destinies
unravel as their
stories unfold
Green and worn
she was unfraid
to grab life’s reins
and travel
explore
He was cautious
Terrified to be
tails up, took pride
in being shiny
and pristine
Same source
paths diverge
start is different
from where you go
choice is yours.
Mecca
I dreamed of
Machu Picchu
the voices of
my ancestors
calling to my soul
evoking past life
memories.
Royalty, daughter
of the sky
standing by
mama ocllo’s side.
Constructed our
masterpieces in
stone
Regal and adorned
in gold. Our empire
vast and wide
We lived on top
of the mountains
civilization on the rise
Inti nuturing
the land
cultivated to feed
all
of
its
people
no hunger
observing the cosmos
masters in astrology.
Protective mist, shield
against the ignorance
and the weapons
they would wield.
green serenity
time escapes in
temple of the sun
Inca’s sanctuary
for fun.
wonder
just
wonder
If they never came
Quechua would
fountain flow
from our mouths
but history weighs,
colossal structure
now slowly
descending back
to Earth.
When this life
cycle ends, send
my ashes back
My spirit knows
the way.
Tank Life
Neruda the narcasstic
fish, that fell in love
now stuck in the tank
Staring at his reflection
peck, peck, peck
Loner, electric
green eyes
brooding in a corner
no surprises
just sulky
Yesenia Guerra 