another Texas | morning that wakes in mystery | not knowing which way | the wind or politricks | will blow this bright - sunny day
salty ocean tears | her heart breaks so easily | never can she stop | loving those she was born to | their souls are braided to hers
what to do in answer | to the blind-eyed deaf mute world | for murdered children | ignored as disposables | who don't matter as much
on the far side in | familiar but divergent | time zone importance
she will always be | the love of his life | but not the life of his love | wanting other things | they went their separate ways
so far is too far | your voice over texts | a kind of torture
wildseeds sewn in wind | carries them off on wings | oh the things they bloom
a smile slice of moon | looks sad when you look at it | turned downward
she is the wind | belongs to herself no one else | she chooses freedom
the pacific light | illuminates pure darkness | poetry and love
she desires him | the way thirst wants water | a desert mirage
when we're older | no longer resemble | selves we see in the mirror
she hides everything | a long ago you can't hurt | steel can take its licks
her constant want | to live another fifty years | in his able arms | to feel his breath on her cheek | to listen to him sleep
yes she knows his soft | tender underbelly | a strong man always | intent on being aloof | never admitting he’s down
with his hands he can | soften her up like red clay | between his fingers
he didn’t comprehend | her wings were crushed so early | her only option was run | not into his arms gone far | distance
in her pie safe | she keeps secret recipes | to love herself
knows how she feels | even when months turned to years | it’s always been him
sometimes those who love | you must leave | you must find peace
calls him to her | alluring perfume | scent of a woman
what he did | didn’t replace those feelings | of love that won’t die
the long road to love | though detoured from the path | of a destiny
though often predictable | the future’s a puzzle | missing pieces
sends you peace | blessings and love | and prays for your ease
inward swan dive | her reach in line with her grasp | not still framed or frozen | she keeps moving to live | keeps living her dreams
they want us afraid | believing only their truths | telling only lies
sprouting grass moon | spring’s an eternal smile | when winter’s a memory
she always lives on | the sharp edge of desire | no fear of too much
even torn and ragged | lives can be darned into beauty | all lives matter
blocking the flow | don't want you but won't let you go | time to say so long
poems copyright © 2015 Odilia Galván Rodríguez.
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