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May 2018 · 470
Spring right now
María José May 2018
Thanks to you I feel like I'm living a longer spring than what I thought was posible and now I've grown used to sighs that taste like roses and lavander, rainbows in every pond, and ambrosy-like kisses.
I feel summer coming, but it's warmth doesn't trick me. The melting sun feels like the ****** to the symphony I didn't know how to write until we started making music.
And right behind summer comes autum as the last breath of life. Landscapes worthy of the best museums, all nothing more than a facade to hide the smell of death.
The circle closes with winter and everything that once bloomed in spring is nothing more than a memory covered in frost, in cold, in silence, in empy words, and painful goodbyes.
But right now, we are in spring and I foolishly hope that this relationship is located somewhere in the equator line where we can stay forever in spring.
I'm in a really good relationship now and one day I couldn't shush the voice that kept telling me it would crash and burn all too soon, so I decided to write my worries away and ended up with this.
Feb 2018 · 281
Regresar a tu casa
María José Feb 2018
Descendía lentamente los escalones del bus mientras me preguntaba cómo me iba a sentir. Habían pasado tantos meses, pero bien podría haber sido ayer. El tiempo no cura este tipo de dolores, solo aprendes a vivir con ellos como con el ruido constante de los carros en la ciudad.

Los recuerdos se aferran a tantas cosas que no he podido evadirlas todas, a pesar de mis esfuerzos. Sin embargo, tenía que regresar a tu casa y las calles reprochaban mi olvido gritando tu memoria. Cada tienda, cada esquina, cada piedra guardaba un pedazo tuyo que iba recogiendo para armar un rompecabezas que rompía mi corazón, de nuevo.

Le agradezco a esas cuadras no intentar borrarte, como yo, por guardar tanto de tus últimos años de vida. Aun así no puedo evitar odiarlas por seguir inmutables a pesar de tu ausencia, ¿cómo es eso posible? Que las calles no sientan la ausencia del sol. Del hombre que fue Superman y todos los demás heroes. Parece imposible, no lo entiendo.

Son tantos los recuerdos que se entretejen entre ellos y se convierten en un desordenado tapiz de anécdotas. Ahora quiero guardarlos todos, todos los que pueda. Busco entre los cajones de mi memoria y los cojo con cuidado, son como flores que planeo dejar entre las páginas de libros para preservarlas, no importa si no siguen igual. Porque incluso si están muertas, todavía huelen a ti.
This poem is about going back to my father's house for the first time after he passed away. It's in Spanish because I felt it more real if I did it in both his and my
Sep 2017 · 467
How it feels
María José Sep 2017
It comes in waves, this crippling emotional pain.
Sometimes it fades, then, like the sea, it shows again.
I´ve grown used to it´s rough caress on my emotional stability
Testing it, taking me to the edge, with irrational cruelty.

And then it vanishes, what once was shore is no more
Just miles upon miles of damped sand, and a self unsure,
Torn between the illusion of recovery
And the calling of reality.

One day, without notice a mountain of water closes on me
A tsunami of everything bad, just when I thought I’d escape the sea
I had been fooling myself, I am an island, surrounded by water
All I can hope is for days that are dryer, better.
May 2017 · 796
Extrañarte
María José May 2017
Ah, extrañarte es un dolor sordo
no me doy cuenta hasta que alguien dice tu nombre
y entonces siento tu ausencia tomar de rehén a mi garganta,
entonces tengo la necesidad imperiosa de parpadear
para mantener a raya mi dolor visible.

No me doy cuenta de cuanto te extraño de día
pero todas las noches sueño con tu cara,
mi almohada no me deja olvidar tu voz
ni mis cobijas tus calor.

No me doy cuenta de cuanto te extraño
porque me he acostumbrado a este dolor
como a un sonido constante.
Lo noto sólo cuando le suben el volumen a los recuerdos.
This is a poem I decided to write in Spanish, as it it my native tongue. I just realized I seldom write in Spanish and I´ve noticed I feel more confident writing in English so this was both a challenge and a more personal outlet to some feelings I prefer not to share but needed to.
Apr 2017 · 451
My eyes closed
María José Apr 2017
My eyes closed, your arms around me.
My eyes closed, your rhythmic breathing warms my neck.
My eyes closed, the alarm goes off.
My eyes open, you´re not there, you never were.
Apr 2017 · 791
A Fool
María José Apr 2017
I wish I could yell at you
and tell you how it feels
share my painful truth:
that I care, even in my dreams.

I punish myself because I don't.
Instead I smile, instead I laugh,
instead I tell myself this is what I want.
It isn't true. Sadly, it's all I have.

But then a small, tiny sign of affection
and I, starving for it, thank you
I cherish it as if it were my salvation.
In a moment, it dies, and I stand there, a fool.
Apr 2017 · 413
After the storm
María José Apr 2017
My world is no longer colored red
I'm not pulled by a deafening rage.
No longer wishing to be an angel of death,
my dramatic self finally leaves the stage.

Slowly, I gain back control of my mind.
My breathing normalizes.
That part of me is gone, but what's left behind?
Everything has now turned to ashes.

"Will you forgive me?" I say, watery eyes,
face contrived by shame and remorse
you say you do, but your stare, cold like ice,
punishes me with fearful force
Mar 2017 · 718
How I´ve changed
María José Mar 2017
Yesterday I was de sun
All light and warmth
came from within.
Today I´m but a ghost
people walk through me
both of us barely conscious
of the touch.
How I´ve changed...
Aug 2016 · 568
How could...
María José Aug 2016
How could I move forward after this?
How could I stop dreading solitude because your face haunts me?
How could I ignore the waves of pain that make me want to flee?
How could I ever crawl out from this black abyss?

How could the sun come out every day, as if nothing happened?
How could the stars shine bright as ever, without you here?
How could the colors of the world not have disappeared?
How could the house stand just like before after it was abandoned?

How could you go without saying goodbye?
How could you say you’d be the winner?
How could you bring to us this perpetual winter?
How could you promised you would not die?

And yet it happens and it happened
Aug 2016 · 897
Dad
María José Aug 2016
Dad
I used to love being alone
but I have hated it since you left.
See, I have these awful thoughts that linger on
and some how I cannot repress.

But even though it was no one's fault
and everyone tells me it was for the best.
Sadness is a hard feeling to simply shake off,
I have been carrying a very heavy heart in my chest.

And so I hate being alone,
because when I am I can't stop myself
my mind refuses to let you go,
and alone I go through my private hell.

Dad, I cry. Dad, we cry
and we miss you terribly so
it was too early to say goodbye
we all wanted you to see us grow.
This poem I wrote as a way to vent some of the pain I have been carrying this week after my father died on his birthday.
May 2016 · 1.5k
Sadness is weird for me
María José May 2016
Sadness is weird for me.
It leaks from my biggest smile,
and from tears of laughter.
Sadness lingers with me in a hug,
and when I´m dancing.
It creeps into my mind when I'm alone
or the center of a party.
The urge to cry is there
I simply lack the tears.

Sadness is weird for me
It hides in the corner of my mind
to surprise me when I least expect it
But other times it prances around
waiving a flag as if to show me...
but I know, I feel it
I simply lack the tears

Sadness is weird for me
because it is numb
and yet I feel it so strong.
Because I smile,
even when I want to cry
I simply lack the tears.
Jan 2016 · 723
Amor en el dolor
María José Jan 2016
Sé que escondes bajo esas lindas risas,
conozco el sufrimiento de ocultar un dolor insoportable,
son mil penas y un corazón que han hecho trizas,
pero te escondes bajo una sonrisa que te vuelve inconsolable

Que más quisiera que curarte con abrazos,
Sin embargo es difícil incluso hablar de amor,
y aunque quiero pegar todos los pedazos,
me es imposible pues a mi también me queda solo dolor.

Por eso no me arriesgo con las palabras,
y aunque mi sueño es darte el paraíso,
las promesas vanas cortan como dagas,
no te puedo tener esperando por siempre, sumiso.

Y sin embargo te amo y me duele soltarte.
This is a poem I decided to write in spanish because I rarely write poetry in my mother tongue even though it is a beautiful one and I wouldn't trade it for another.
Sep 2015 · 1.0k
Help
María José Sep 2015
I thought I heard you say
that life is precious
But then you turn your face away
from all these persons

How can you be so blind
and take the wrong for right ?
how can you say you care
and not mend this mistake?

Your mouth preaches love
yet you see the injustice and write it off
because it's more convenient
to forget your values when your help is needed.

You've seen their problems
you know their sorrows and their losses
but you have deemed these causes
worthless and broke your promises.

So come join hands and help them
listen to your heart, now is when
push away the learned indifference
actions, not words is what has significance.
This is a first draft of a poem exhorting people to stop being indifferent towards war refugies.
May 2015 · 598
in short...
María José May 2015
I fear not a broken heart
but the lack of one.

I fear not the tears in my eyes
but having nothing worthy to cry for.

I fear not getting angry
but not caring enough.

I fear not my feelings
but the numbness I feel.
Apr 2015 · 3.3k
Not interested
María José Apr 2015
Honestly?

No, I don't like you
I don't find it funny when you joke about ****** me or me ****** you.
It's not "cute" when you say "you are mine"

I am MINE.

I'm not interested.
It' uncomfortable when you pretend you'll touch my *******
Or when you say my **** looks nice today

I am not here for you, I'm here for ME

I don't know you that well
So please don't call me "young goddess"
Don't greet me with a full-body glance and just say "beautiful"

I'm not here for your pleasure

Don't get me wrong,
You are very nice
And funny as well
But I have shown zero signs of interest for you act like that
You don't even know how old I am.

Back off, just let me be
"rapeable" is not an adjetive nor a compliment.
Please, just stop, stop hitting on me.
Apr 2015 · 412
When they end...
María José Apr 2015
Don't think I never loved you
How could I not?
I loved all of you

But time has this twisted way
Of changing us
And we changed

I couldn't picture my life without you
But it appears to be
That those hearts were not true

And though it hurts,
We can't fix it with the piano
It's not like before, we've grown

I love you,
Your before "you"
I don't know this "you"

It's ok relationships fade with time
And I guess our friendship
was not the "forever type"

I will always be here for you
But I don't want to always be there
Because it is me and it's you, we've changed

I've made new friends
I guess you guys have as well
And I do wish you the best

I take with me the best memories
I hope you do the same
You know, it's always sad when they end...

Friendships
This is to the group of friends I grew up to and we're always there for me since I was five, sadly everything comes to an end.
Dec 2013 · 740
Awoken heart
María José Dec 2013
Suddenly my heart comes back from it's long sleep, but just to face pain and a strange emptiness. As if I had been missing something, you.The agony of knowing we are so close but can never be together leaves in my throat the oh so known sore of unshed tears, because every day since I knew of your existence it has been there, reminding me of the world that separates us from each other.I love you with every inch of my broken heart, and yet we could never be together, because reality doesn't mix well with fantasy.But knowing you, changed my whole existence, that's why my world seems grey now, and I walk around with apathy, like something's dead inside of me. This doesn't make me proud, how could you love a ghost?Smiles appear in my face to hide the excruciating pain that is not having you to share everything with.  But life goes on, days pass me slowly as only a sad soul can feel.It takes my best effort not to go insane and start confusing the two worlds I now live in...I don't want to re-enact Miguel de Cervantes'  most famous character. But I love you. I will always love you. And if it's only at night when I fall into Morpheus' arms that we can be together, then I shall be there and wait for you every night in my dreams, for the rest of my life,  we belong to each other, always.
Dec 2013 · 577
Graduation day
María José Dec 2013
What a day it was.
My sister wasn't there,
My brother locked himself in the car.
I won almost every award.

But it didn't matter
we still went to a coffee shop
not a nice one
I stayed in the car.

About an hour passed,
my eyes clouded by tears
and finally someone comes out
"Should we buy your sister something?"

So when at last I got home
I rested my head in the pillow
and wished for the day to be over.

So I guess not every graduation is great
and not every poem rhymes...
Oct 2013 · 649
I hated you.
María José Oct 2013
So yes, I hated you.
I hated your "whys",
your questioning eyes
and their tone of blue.

I hated your witty remarks,
how you are always right.
Your passion for flight
and what you think about sharks.

I hated you holding hands with her,
that toxic laugh she had
how when she flipped her hair you'd go mad...
It was just to much for me to bear.

But I realized I could not hate you
You're smart, funny, good-looking
sweet, athletic and amazing at cooking
I could only but love you.

So I was happy when it ended,
but another came along
And I thought "he'll see he's wrong"
But all you saw in her was "splendid".

It crushed me,
movies and ice-cream did no good
and I found myself asking if I should...
but in your future I saw no "we" with me.

Believe me, I tried to go back and hate you,
to think only about your flaws
but for whatever the cause,
I saw only virtue.

We started talking, it was like a balm
I was done falling,
you had me in your palm.
and for some reason, not knowing...

You followed me down,
It was fun see you falling,
I felt I was winning,
That I had made a touchdown.

And down we were happy
not without scratches,
but still, happy.

I´m so glad I found you
I'm glad I don't hate you,
I love you.
Oct 2013 · 1.6k
Stronger
María José Oct 2013
She used to smile
to really smile
she used to love life.

But then one day,
From nowhere,
her life compleatly changed.

"I've got to be strong"
She said to herself
and so, her heart she locked away.

She was strong for years,
but as time went by
she started to fear

Her feelings wanted fredom
so she opened her heart for a little while
and then they came pouring...

Shouting and bitting
screaming and demanding attention
she couldn't take the preasure

So she wrote a note to her loved ones
and with tears in her eyes
she swallow the death pills

But her sister saved her
she went to get help
and they helped her

The fellings are strong
but now she knows,
she knows she is stronger.

— The End —