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- JP DeVille Feb 2022
I never knew freedom
Was just as much of a prison
As looking out the window
Thru four metal bars.

Another day
Still waiting
Waiting to live
Waiting to die

I see them on the streets
Cars with no destination
Aimless pedestrians
Empty bone sacks

They are me
I am them
Walking past the river
In search of water

The springs of my youth
Are flowing by like a midday parade
And I can only spectate
I thirst for more

I never knew

Spring only lasts one second
Summer an hour
Autumn an eye wink
And winter just long enough

To see myself
Behind four metal bars.
- JP DeVille Jan 2022
I tried to make it,
Did you all see that?
I tried to make it!
All I wanted to do,
Was write the most beautiful poem in the world.
- JP DeVille Jan 2022
Te fuiste hace muchos años,
En busca del sueño americano.
yo me quede esperándote,
Soñando solo con volverte a ver.

Los años han volado como mariposas en busca de un clima más cálido,
Y también así mi juventud,
Dejándome en un frío invierno.

Dios hizo la tierra, y el hombre hizo las fronteras.
Dios nos dio leyes, y el hombre hizo órdenes.

Eres un prisionero del país
Que una vez prometió la libertad,
Y yo he sido sentenciada a la libertad,
Libertad, sin ti.

Nuestras banderas sangran rojas,
Con tanta pasión como mi corazón late por ti,
Incluso hasta el día de hoy...
Y ambas brillan de blanco,
La pureza de nuestro amor.

La tuya es roja blanca y azul,
Y azul es como me siento sin ti.
La mía estampada con un águila.
con las alas abiertas,
volando un día hacia ti.

Te esperaré en el desierto donde ahora yacen los soñadores,
con ilusiones y esperanzas
De un día estar entre tus brazos otra vez.

Te fuiste hace muchos años,
En busca del sueño americano.
Y yo sigo esperando, soñando,
Soñando solo, con volverte a ver.
- JP DeVille Jan 2022
You left many years ago,
In search of the American dream.
I stayed waiting for you,
Dreaming only to see you again.

The years have flown like butterflies in search of warmer weather,
And so has my youth,
Leaving me in a cold winter.

God made the land, and man made borders.
God gave commandments, and man made orders.

You're a prisoner of the country
That once promised freedom,
And I've been sentenced to freedom,
Freedom, without you.

Our flags both bleed red,
With as much passion as my heart beats for you,
Even to this day...
And they both shine white,
The purity of our love.

Yours is red white and blue,
And blue is how I feel without you.
Mine stamped with an eagle
With open wings,
soaring one day to you.

I will wait for you in the desert where the dreamers now lie,
with faith and Esperanzas
Of one day being in your arms again.

You left many years ago,
In search of the American dream.
I'm still waiting for you,
Dreaming only, to see you again.
- JP DeVille Nov 2021
You got used to the flowers
You got used to the coffee for breakfast
You got used to the kisses
I gave you in the morning

You got used to my love
My love for you
You got used to the diners
And all our failed dates
You got used to me

You got used to my singing
For you on our road trips
You got used to my body
When we made love

You got used to me
I was used by you.
- JP DeVille Oct 2021
The man speaks
And everyone listens
The woman screams
And she is the problem
The man goes quiet
And the room listens
The woman stays silent
And she is the problem
The man does as a man is
And he is not to blame
The woman is just another statistic
Another number
Another victim dead on the street
But she is the problem.
- JP DeVille Oct 2021
There's no reason to say good bye yet
I'm still breathing each gasp for you
Spare me some love if you still will
Breathe into my lips just one more kiss
Let me feel your arms around my soul
Enter one last time into my center
Kiss me ever so slowly
My body is the winter of your eyes
Yours the burning summer on my skin
Touch me so I will melt this freezing snow
And drip like cascades down your thighs
If tomorrow the sun should rise
Let us be caught like two thieves
Who risked everything for nothing at all.
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