Poem by Linette Alvarez
“She is”
She is like the clever grass
running through your feet
like a warm sky
gazed upon yours eyes
she is like earth wind fire and water in one
she cannot be apart
but shes always undone
she is life
she is death
she is happiness
she is sadness
all that there is
no longer can be
if you don’t see with your hands
and feel with your eyes
you’ll never know whats in front in you
or whats meant to be
she is power
she is weakness
she is weak
but wiser than the wisest man
gentle but stronger by the second
and if you think for one chance
that here is where it ends
don’t think twice or three times
don’t think about it at all
’cause I will no longer fall
where those who fall
are said they won’t stand back up again
I have fallen
and here I am
and I am she.
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“He is”
He is like water in fire
flowing and dying
learning and growing
he is that glimpse of light in my dark
he is near but is far
if there were no sun
he’ll be the light heat sweat and fun
because he is
he is need
he is want
I am him
he is me but isn’t
I don’t want him to leave
and he has yet to get here
he answers when I don’t call
calls when I don’t answer
he is time
always running through my mind
taking chances
meaning yes’s that mean no
he is my laughter and strength
my night goes as fast as my daylength
I sleep as I am awake
and before I hang up
I’m already thinking of calling.
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“We are”
We are the future
the present and past
seekers of adventure
sentiment of vast
unsuitable humor
to precast
the sky with the sea
a reflection
more than connection
you’ll see
if you haven’t visualized
then realized
the improvised
switched indication of direction
we are
who we say we are not
so far beyond bizarre
for the one who can blot
why would you change us?
why would you hide us?
no one is more afraid
of what doesn’t intimidate.
A gentleman would trade
anything for a true mate
for he and she
were born to be
for we are, the way it seems
hiking through extremes
we exist
where the sun and the moon caress
an endless list
where we can rest
be united
not misguided
but remembered
not assembled
and the power
of water and fire
combined in an evolved
dedicated passion
will never end
because we are as much in I
as we are in he
and he is in she
unless we’re all deceived.
~~~~~~~Snaps Snaps Snaps
Thank you.
