Eastside Electives
Poetry 2021
Poetry Anthologies
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Time.
by Luisa Soto
Please wait.
Don’t give up
On me,
On what we can be
Give me time.
Time to find
Me.
Without you
Before i can find my love for
You.
give me time
That’s all I ask.
Please wait.
basophobia
by Isabel Mendez
i’m falling, catch me.
lost in a splintered heart.
might lose an arm or two
nothing, nobody
trapped, petrified
don’t let me go. don’t let me go. don’t let
me go.
don’t let me fall.
don’t let me go. don’t let me go.
gone.
Proud American
by Bresy Pedraza-Perez
They branded it into my skin
I am now their
property
They have cut
My slick tongue
They brand a seal
Over my heritage
It is their expertise
I am American
I must take pride
Silence my complaints
For they are me
And I am
Nobody
The idea
Of
You and me
Sparks danger
I am afraid.
by Luisa Soto
maybe losing myself wasn’t such a bad idea
by Isabel Mendez
hey mom, hey dad.
i found myself,
she’s not the old me,
but i like this one
a lot better.
can we keep her?
will you guys love her like i do?
Untitled
by Aby Banales Sedano
I'm tired of life
I just wanna kick and fight
I wanna run free
And just be me
I'm tired of being held down
And being told what i am
I yell and kick
But does nothing to help
I'm trapped inside
From my body and mind
I can't really think but only weep
The tears fall
The wet warm feel
Pulls me back into reality
The warm and cold reality
I use sleep to dream
Dream of things
I can’t feel
I dream
To escape this reality