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Sep 24 · 103
Xochitl de la tierra
She is beautiful.
She sits alone, solitary.
Fragrence flows from her flesh,
yet she still sits, breathing the air of the valley.

Delicate she is,
her petals billow in the wind.
She is perfection.
A lie could never fall from her tounge.

Xochitl, flower.
Flower...
shes so sickiningly sweet.
Delicate, sweet, perfect.

When she bloomed she sung.
A magestic hymn that rung through the valley.
One day she'll wilt, her petals falling to the ground.
One day her song will stop.
Sep 24 · 135
My cross to Bear
I am a writer
No matter what they say.

My pen flows
and my wrist goes;
Writing
words no one will see

My hands shake
eyes tear
wrist bleed in lines of icy scarlet
I am a writer; my cross to bear.

If i loved you
I'd give you my hands
my sacrafice for love
my words would be yours

Like Van Gogh,
I would bleed
for; the one I need
to need me.
Open to critique! any comments are greatly apreciated.
Sep 24 · 170
Chicana
When I think about my culture

I think about early saturday mornings

and my dad playing Chalino

out of his huge booming speakers.


I think of the smell of tres flores

and the cafe de olla

my grandma would let me sneak sips of

before I was alowed to drink coffee.


I think of the the hussle and bussle

of the pulga

on hot afternoons

and the smell of roasted peanuts

And even though I've lived

all of these things,

I also think of  the times

I've forgoten words and had to explane what I mean

in a wreak of words


I think of the times

when foods were too spicy

or I was tired of

frejoles .

Did this make me less mexican? Was I loosing touch with my roots?

My culture is unique

I am Mexican-Americana; Chicana
Open for critique!
Sep 23 · 94
Name, Not mine
Danitza, judged by God, my name has never suited me. I do like how the soft-spoken syllables tap around the mouth like fingers on keys, but this name does not belong to me. My father thought my name should give thanks to god and honor him.  I was a “gift” given from above yet my name wasn’t heavenly or gracious, plain Danitza. I’ve never been able to find my name on cheap keychains dangling in gift shops nor will it ever be found in the heroic stories of my ancestors. My name is a muddy ravine between my culture and my home. A cage that holds me between belonging and fitting in. Why couldn't they decide on an American name like Mia or Evelyn. Something I could find in gift shops, that my teachers didn’t butcher up into horrid chunks that slide off their tongues like slime. Maybe then I’d belong. Maybe that would stop those comments. “Go back to where you came from” when this was our land first, when the first names were strong and rolled off the ******* way that made you proud of where you're from.  My name is a muddy ravine. My name could have been the beautiful flowers that bloom in May, Xochitl. I could have been a twirling shooting star falling from the heavens above, Citlalli. Or maybe I could have been courageous, strong, ready for whatever life could throw at me. Xiomara. Xiomara sounds like the sun and the thought that no matter how far away from home you are, you will always have somewhere you belong. I wish my name had the soft click of the tl sound in the Aztec alphabet, Amoxtli. Maybe then I wouldn't have to explain to anyone where  I’m from. I could wear my heritage on my sleeve, my culture in my name. I would have the courage of my ancestors, the heart of a lion. My name is a muddy ravine.
I first wrote this in a longer piece that was less srtuctured and was basically about what ever I was thinking about. Im not to sure about the name of this poem but its just going to be there for now...

This peice was inspired by the absolutely inspireing and amazing writing style of Sandra Cisneros.
Critique is absolutely welcome.

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