BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

WINTER NIGHT

Sleepless on a

cold winter night

wondering if your

hands can touch me

like your words did,

if with every touch,

every whisper, every

caress you could

feed my starving soul.

The thought of your

fingers running through

my skin awakens the

wild woman inside of me,

blowing my imagination

and making my heart

beat fast, but it's

just a thought, maybe

just a beautiful dream

on a cold winter night...

when I look beside me

I just see an empty space,

and that shreds my heart.

THE MISSING PIECE

One by one

I'm picking up the pieces

of my fractured heart

scattered along the way.

One by one

I will put them back

where they belong.

Some pieces are sharp

and make me bleed,

some are full of scars

and unrecognizable.

One by one

I'm putting the puzzle together

although some pieces will

not longer fit; only dust left.

One by one

It's almost complete but

there is a missing piece

an empty space hard to fill

The missing piece is YOU.

One by one

I'm turning my tears into letters

letters into words

words into poems

and my shattered heart

into an unbreakable masterpiece

A heart made of stained glass.

(Previously published in Indiana Voice Journal)

INNOCENCE STOLEN

Robotic human beings

Stare at bright screens

Like moths a the flame

Connected to technology

Disconnected from humanity

Wolves in sheepskin

Stalking their prey

As lonely souls

Seeking love.

Face to face conversations

Become cold texts

Love and kisses

Turned into emoticons

Loved ones becomes strangers

Strangers become family

Newest toys of this era

The computer or television

Like an addiction to a drug

Is that to the video game,

while the cell phone flashes

Innocence stolen by technology.

(Previously published in 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. Blanca was recently nominated for The Best of the Net 2017.