BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

THE FORGOTTEN

Which is their fault?

if all they want

is the same things

as any other child?

Learn and play

live without fear

food on their tables

and a roof to feel safe

Innocent souls

with apprehension and

sadness in their eyes

still, kind and sweet

with the purest of hearts

They don't know selfishness

and will share what they have

even if only a piece of bread

they will cut it in half

They are happy

playing with a block

of wood on the ground

while your ungrateful kid

is crying for not having the

latest model of cell phone

While you are taking

pictures of your expensive

meals or clothes

they went to sleep

with their stomachs empty

This world is unfair, selfish

full of empty people.

No child deserves

to be the forgotten.

(Initially published on Indiana Voice Journal)

WITH EGO CHIMES THE CLOCK

The alarm clock chimes,

5 a.m. and another day starts

by sorting through the good

and bad that we have to

deal with every single day.

The unkindness of some

make me fear because,

egotism is certainly

the Special of the Day.

People walking by staring

down at their phones without

looking where they are going.

I wonder what kind of world

we will leave to our children

if this one is falling apart.

Teach our children

respect, all life is

scared, whether human,

animal or plants on

this wonderful planet.

Kindness and love

We need to put this

world back together

So they will have a

better place to live

without any kind of fear.

(Initially published on Tuck Magazine)

BLOCK ME NOT

Pieces of my notebook paper

lie scattered on the floor

Trying to write a poem but

nothing comes to my mind

The words in my head go in

circles without making sense

This time the writer's block

doesn't want to leave

I went to the kitchen

to brew some nice hot coffee

It's 3 a.m. and I'm still

totally and completely awake

My only companion, my

annoying cat sitting on my lap

I turned on the television,

but nothing was there either

Just those constant brain-

washers and bad news

Back again to my notebook

armed with my pen in hand

Ready to leave a piece of my

heart and soul in every word

The battle goes on and this

writer's block will not win.

(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.