BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

WORDS AS WEAPONS   V2

Words can be soft

like a rose petal

Or can stick in your throat

like thorns, piercing and

grasping your tongue.

A single word can

heal a broken heart,

Or rip it into pieces much

like a sharp blade.

Some words get stuck

on the tip of the tongue

without making a sound.

Those are the ones that

hurt the most.

Think twice before using

your Words as Weapons

Bite your tongue even if

you should make it bleed.

Words hurts the same

or more than punches

Those will heal over time

hurtful words remain forever

in the mind and heart.

(INITIALLY PUBLISHED ON INDIANA VOICE JOURNAL)

WHO'S TEXTING WHO?

We live in such a strange

and unkind world.

Where you can stand

beside a thousand people

but feel completely invisible.

Where a cold shiny screen

can make you feel close to

those who are far away,

but make you feel far away

to those who are closer.

Where conversation turns

into text, relationships are

just a status and friendship

a rivalry.

Where we live to work

and not work to live.

Where people are like zombies

staring at their phones and

completely ignoring all that

happens around them.

Where you can take a picture of

food while ignoring an image

of a starving child.

Where Family turns into strangers

and strangers into family.

This world is falling apart

under our own feet

Full of hatred but empty of love.

Welcome to the 21st Century,

where technology has

surpassed humanity.

(INITIALLY PUBLISHED ON TUCK MAGAZINE)

SHIVERING

Haunting memories

Of broken promises

A wall full of

Framed sorrows

A heart broken

Like a crushed leaf

A promise of

Eternal love that

Vanishes like water

Through the fingers

Cold stinging tears

Freezing my empty heart.

I bared my being

And you left me shivering

Somber clouds once more

Overshadowing my sky,

But remember that was me,

The one who loves storms.

(INITIALLY PUBLISHED ON THE POET COMMUNITY)

BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

BLANCA ALICIA GARZA: Is a Poet from Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a nature and animal lover, and enjoys spending time writing. Her poems are published in the Poetry Anthologies, "Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze", and "Dandelions in a Vase of Roses" now available at Amazon.com. Blanca's work can be found in  The Poet Community, Whispers, The Winamop Journal, Indiana Voice Journal, Tuck Magazine, Raven's Cage Ezine, Scarlet Leaf Review as well as Birdsong Anthology 2016, Vol 1.