Moonchild

you fought so hard

to be the person you

didn’t want to be

just so

you wouldn’t be

the person everyone

said you would be

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A short poem form my book 52 Hertz now available through Amazon. Please spare me a few moments of your time and consider supporting my book ☺️.

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Hello!

I’m happy to announce that I’ve finished my poetry book 52 Hertz. It is a collection of poetry that has some of my favorite older poems as well as completely new poems that I truly love. Please enjoy the following poem from my book:

I Fear for My Future Children the Most

it is so easy to hate.

why is it so easy to hate?

every night my mind plays a film of all the…

you never paid much attention

when I was small

four or five

and aching for a hug

you were parched

by the liquor in your mouth

it’s different

when they are born

we are better

you are more

you swing them

around the house

and help them reach the sky

those tiny fingers

fishing the stars in your eyes

I wonder

why wasn’t I enough

to keep you by our side

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Poem from:

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it is not the pain of

what could’ve been

that kills me

it is the pain of

what could be

if only

I had the courage

to make it happen

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Poem from my book:

https://www.amazon.com/Death-Star-Ariana-Diaz-ebook/dp/B0818RFDYR

I hope you all had an excellent weekend. Please remember to take care of yourself ☺️.

Luffy is cold.

His blue feathers struggle against the strength of the wind, but Luffy does not have time to worry about winds or angry skies. Instead, Luffy flies. His wings stretch and curve and take him further and further away from the place that used to be home.

             Luffy doesn’t stop. He flies, higher and further until his wings ache. Yet, no matter how…

people come to visit

calls from relatives

platitudes from friends

they hold my hands

and say

you must be strong

for your mom

for the children

I don’t ask

what if I

don’t want to be strong

being what I want to be

is a privilege

I can’t afford

I smile

and whisper

promises

push the hurt

the anger

the regret

the fear

deep inside

no one else must know

how deeply

incessantly

I’m falling apart

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P…

if I sad that I wanted to be better

would you believe me?

if I speak of how much

I tried to be

more than what I am

would you be happy?

in another universe

I am the person you think I can be

but in this universe

all you get is me.

this me.

who is tired of fighting

for something

that shouldn’t

be born of war.

you seek to make love

out of the battlefield in my body.

I seek to find you

in the soil of…

you were told to treat your body

like a temple

it’s the only one you have

but

why are you neglecting your mind

is it not a part of you

of that gold-threaded sinew silver body

remember when Ri broke her arm

how it took weeks to heal

some days the pain was good

others it was bad

Dan too

dislocated his joints

got them fixed with metal stone

and now

they ache in the sun

and sink in the cold

your mind…

my mouth forms

secret words

sacred letter

it molds

the language of kings

and lovers

healers and fighters

it carries the breath

if a thousand generations

that have defied time

and death

it burns castles

on my tongue

on the gaps

between my teeth

in the soil of my lungs

and the winds of my throat

ashes fall from my lips

and build countries

in the ears of strangers

wings form

in the shape of my mouth

my birth

was your sentence

my cries

the noose around your neck

you learned to love and smile

for the earth in my eyes

told yourself

that as long as I lived

you would bend for my sake

but mother

love is a two-way street

no

love is a three-way street

and along the way

you forgot

to love yourself

– I’m sorry

Author’s Note:

This poem is dedicated to mothers who continue to love and give with such…

“You know that I can’t. Show you ME. Give you ME. I can’t show you my miserable self, so, yet again, I wear a mask and go to meet you... But I still want you.”