Tag: love
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Avoiding isn’t the way to live
Avoiding isn’t the way to liveIn some households, that’s the way it has been taughtThere is no dealing with…No healing togetherNo talking about the things that hurtNo understanding that we will rise above the conflictNopeIn some households, everlasting silence is the way to goAnd unnecessary suffering is accepted and sought after Angelica
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My Neglected Love
I’ve written poems about dancingPoetry and dance are my two greatest lovesThese past few years I’ve dedicated myself to writing everything my voice wouldn’t say out loudBut this upcoming year, I dedicate it to danceMy neglected loveI will shower my body with new music and I’ll move like never beforeI’ll start slowly because my body […]
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Love is Revolution
I was told self-esteem was a choiceYou wake up every day and you choose to be kind to yourselfOn days that you feel like shitLet it passAfter all, we are humans and not every day is perfectWe are told it has to beThe self-judgement doesn’t even come from usIt comes from society and patriarchy and […]
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He Haunts Me In My Dreams
I have unfinished business with you it seemsI don’t even talk to you anymoreBut. You. Keep. Showing. Up. In. My. Dreams!I don’t have control over thisI don’t want you to take over when I’m asleepWhen we first met, I saw you across the room and it felt like I knew youWe were at a party, […]
Angelica Flores 