Poems from Stephanie Martinez1
Pain
Pain is a physical
If not mental
A true forever lasting madness
The madness is a sensation
That starts out as pain
Then goes to the...
Maybe if I Smile
In a while
He’ll fall in love
With my faint call
For attention
Or
Maybe if I close my eyes
And I silence my cries
He’ll...
Once new
Never used
Put her back
With a crack
In her heart
The start
Is her finish
Diminish
Her smile
For a while
Just until
Lust
Is...
The sun shines down on my demise
Rise, rise up
Dreams will die
Lie with her
While the future succumbs
Beguile her now
While the heat is up...
I wonder what its like for a guy to strike out
To finish the night with haze and doubt
What is the attraction if not physical
With these...