Poetry Time!!

There's nothing I love more than being able to write poetry and have it reflect on the things that go on in my life. Here, I present you three poems.

The first one titled "I did" is a very personal poem documenting a small piece of what I went through with someone I once fell in love with. Yes, it's hard to say "I fell in love with him" but nonetheless I really like how the piece came out. It actually took me a while to complete it. I think it may have taken me three or four months, but it's finally finished and I hope you like it as well.

The second one titled "My Best Friend" was inspired by a friendship I saw between my friends Edna and Cristian from high school. I was reading their facebook comments to each other one day and replied "awww, I wish I could take a picture of your friendship and frame it." Cristian, the silly guy that he is, later tagged me on a bunch of photos of him and Edna together and I said that one day I would write a poem about it. Since then, he's been annoyingly asking for it haha!! So here it is and I hope you enjoy it. I actually really like it. I think a lot of it was inspired from my best friend Andrea and the other strong friendships I have with others.

And lastly but definitely not least, I have a poem I wrote for Mother's Day of this year titled "Través de los Ojos de Sus Hijos." I printed several copies of it on a back white washed photo of my beautiful niece Savina, rolled it, tied them to single red roses, and passed them out to the wonderful women in my family. I really really really suck at Spanish grammar so please excuse the horrible misspelling haha!! Enjoy!!


I did.

I trickle down from the height of the cloud
And with little time I pleasured the view
I prayed for no fades to come in my way
But fainter it grew, it was nothing so new

I’ve been there before many a times
You holding my heart with sweet little lies
The more I bliss the more it blinds
All of your cries of filthy deny

So I float with smiles and stars in my eyes
Never to escape these sweet butterflies
Feeding the soul of my heart, alluring speech
Keeping me close to your arm’s reach

But never too quick to define what we have
I seek for the title I wish that I had
Empty words just coating my ears
Of “honey,” “baby,” oh and “my dear”

At last I see what I thought I saw before
Nothing to expect and nothing more
Confronting the fears that were in my mind
I wonder myself love really is blind

A month and a day slowly pass by
Since that hurtful day, that final goodbye
Still I see you when I close my eyes
And wish you’d call just to say “hi”

I crave your voice and everything of you
And yet nothing I get in the month of June
A cliché so true but I can finally see
You did not care nor did you fight for me

Your empty apologies echoed our past
I question the pain and how long it could last
But I stand strong and want you to know
I did love you once but I’m ready to let go


By: Jessenia Lua


My Best Friend

I come to you with things I don’t really share
Or hardly speak of in the whispering air
Other friends may have come and gone
Blessed was my path that was laid upon
It led me to you and your caring heart
A true friendship that never falls apart
If I cry and with my tears I cause rain
I trust you’ll be there to understand my pain
But when we laugh so hard we cannot breathe
It renders a moment that makes me believe
I’m lucky to have a friend just like you
Something so pure, honest, and true
I thank whatever powerful being sent you to me
Eternal friendship as beautiful can be

By: Jessenia Lua

Través de los Ojos de Sus Hijos

Tus besos eran las primeras cosas que me hizo sentir vivo.
Tus abrazos fueron mi primera casa.
Tu voz era mi primer consuelo.
Tu sonrisa era la primera cosa bella que vi.
Tu amor fue lo primero que sentí era real
Para mi querida Madre,
De sus hijos muy agradecidos,
Gracias por todo el amor que me has dado.
Feliz Día de las Madres.
Con amor siempre,
Sus hijos

De: Jessenia Lua