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Angelica Torres Jun 2017
Events of life
Have me wondering
If good exists
But I hold on
Because they have taught me
Of what love is
Of what love means
And if all else fails
I know that love will not
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
Hush dear
I will bottle your sorrows
And throw them in the water
Let me capture your tears
And transform your fears
Into explosive matter
Ignited in the darkness
That was once your belief
No more dear
I am here
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
the night sang
about heartaches
how hurt
played with joy
and made it tolerable
violence that was numbed
by whispers of sweet words
the stars dimmed
as your eyes closed
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
Dear You
Look in the mirror
And see your beauty
Put on your clothes
And feel fabulous
Get that makeup on
And conquer the world
It is time to embrace
Your full potential
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
I was not made for
Slavery
***
Domestication
Discrimination
A woman was born
To live
Equally and without bounds
But thank you
Because with all the things
I am not
But was said I ought to be
A woman became alive
To thrive
And she did
And she never stopped
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
the clock was ticking
to remind us
that we are not
immortal
to slap us
with the truth
that mistakes
cannot be made forever
to relieve us
and make the
inevitable goodbye
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
do not ask for purpose
nor seek meaning
because what we have
cannot be proven
by evidence
what we have
yearns for the unknown
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
When I was three
I ran away and got lost
When I was four
I swam too far and almost drowned
When I was seven
I cursed and was reprimanded
When I was twelve
I got into a fight and bruised
When I was sixteen
I met you
For a second
I thought I would be fine
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
Rocking back and forth
I hold you tight
And tell you it will be alright
One day but not today
I needed not to know the story

To see how he has shut the light
From your eyes
To see how crimson
Traveled from neck down
To see how hope
Left the soul of a dancing spirit

Words were not necessary
For words were scary
To a person silenced
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
sanity never entered
the vocabulary of
what we had
sans peace
sans order
it was dynamic
and explosive
a chaos meant
to be enjoyed
hot and scalding
and dangerous
what we had
burned and died
like a white dwarf star
its light losing shine
Angelica Torres Aug 2017
i was made out
of broken glass
and jagged edges
dangerous
fragile
beautiful
formed to be
strong
capable
resilient
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
The ropes were loose enough
Nor did the knots feel
Too binding
So it was hard to understand
why my screams met silence
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
Missed Chances
of handholding at sunsets
of stolen photographs
of calls and dates to remember
of desire, rejection, and just
breathing the moments
of love to use
in past, present and future tense
If only one said hello
one would've been blessed
With the promise
of unconstrained adventures
of good and bad
of dreams and reality
of life
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
i believed in magic
since I was a kid
its enchantment
was a mask for bruises
it pulled rabbits
instead of hair
i always marveled
at the last act when
people disappeared
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
rock paper scissors shoot
flashes of
pelting stones
shredding of dreams
and splitting relationships
unlucky is my fate indeed
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
much more precious
are the scenes of
morning coffee
watching TV
talking about
nothing in particular
i am reminded
that our love
is not at all times
fireworks and sparks
but finding solace
in the normal
kissing each
other good night
like always
like us
not boring
but one
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
stay
if not for a day
then an hour
if not for tonight
then come back tomorrow
if not forever
then just for a while more
your presence became air
let me breathe
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
the stage was set
but she was afraid
not of the performance
but of the gazes that will
applaud out of lust
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
Shots fired
Shouts echoed
Shows of terror
Seeking sorrows
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
To tell you the truth
I have no idea
What I am doing
Who I am
And why I'm here
Everyday is just
A process of
Not stepping on
Anyone's toes
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
Beyond the eternal feeling
of absence and lost
is the mindless questioning
of letting yourself
suffer it alone
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
my mind
is a mess
that you decided
to call beautiful
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
Learning to love
By living in its arms
By breathing its air
By seeing its eyes
By the very nature of being
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
A woman has been taught
to either remove or cover
Parts of them that
They were already born with
And be acceptable
To people who would
Want to see them later
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
our love was paradise
it healed and calmed
t'was happy and safe
our love was paradise
too good to stay
Angelica Torres Jun 2017
In my hands
I hold the stories
Of late night calls
Walks down the beach
Whispers of sweet nothings
Hopeful gazes
Drunk shenanigans
And love
every taste and feel of it
I let go
And watch the stories
Be scattered fragments on the floor
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
sweet flowers
held by spring
sway as your beauty
puts me to dream
of hope that would last
and peace as sacred
as the meadows
you reside
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
chain me to
the memories of
laughter and bliss
ones where we weren't
in a state of perpetual
lost and negativity
lock me there
because i can't
bid farewell to the broken
motion our love repeats
Angelica Torres Jul 2017
teach me all the ways
to make your heart
flutter like a child
dance in summer rain
jump over rainbows
i yearn to make
your heart
beat

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