"lowercases" poems
my name
is case sensitive
adriana tamara
is how it’s spelled
sometimes as one word
and sometimes as two
but always as only lowercases
my name
is humbling
as it reminds me
that i am merely
one girl
against the elements
i am merely
one voice
muted by wind
my name
is empowering
she shows me
that my mouth
can never run dry
that my thoughts
can never go dormant
my name
looks small
compared to all of the rest
because i
am small
compared to the world
even in my own perception
i am too little
to know everything
to understand everything
my name
is my teacher
is my guardian
is my keepsake
& when i think i know everything
about poetry, about loving, about people
she humbles me
and i continue to learn
case sensitive
(12.24.2020)
—adrianatamara
Dec 26, 2020
Dec 26, 2020 at 4:52 PM UTC
sometimes I speak in all uppercases
sometimes, in a delicate row
of quiet lowercases,
sometimes, I speak
with two mixed in between
with a comma and a period,
or twenty exclamation marks
and three questions in return
and an heart emoji
smiley faces,
crying faces
and some trees to set the scene
and I wish during those
long, starry nights
I had more commas,
where the end of the sentence
can always turn itself around
Apr 4, 2017
Apr 4, 2017 at 6:18 PM UTC
the origins of where one begins
are never the brightest of places
the horrors within love affaired and sins
are never the darkest of spaces
but to a time before i was who i where i how i when i why i am now
is not the I that i believe in now and so i take my bow
i dont know the direction of the future
but of one thing i know is sure
I will be
Apr 10, 2017
Apr 10, 2017 at 3:06 AM UTC