J. James Martinez

i embrace your death
with a mournful catching of breath

the razorwire net i lived above
...

I don't know
now
how
I am to be
...

For Cynthia...

I
See you
...

Trudging through the despair of daylight
Fighting battles
Outside Midst...
Losing the war within himself
...

Walls and mosques
Tumble into piles of
Rubble and dust
Beside
...

In the early morning hours
Through the silence and sleep
We spoke
...

Let me kiss your
Bellybutton
Nibble on your triceps
And kiss your elbows
...

Midst my
Colorless castle
I sit and dream
Scenes
...

A poem
For anyone who seeks it
For anyone
Who can understand
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The record keeps skipping
Maybe the vinyl has warped
And the
Tape Deck has been fussy of late
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Hesitant
Reticent
Ambivalent
Intimate
...

I want to pollute this world
With my shallow words
Eclipsing rather than shedding light words
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Through our lives
We dream
Close our eyes
Sleep
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If I had chalk
I would sketch a poem
If I had a canvas
I would paint a memory
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On the broken wings
Of my being

From the shallow gasps
...

I am past trying to mend
Picking up the broken pieces of self esteem
Off the broken ground
There they can rest
...

We all know it doesn’t take much
To blind a fool
That fool on the bench
The fools around the shops
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the rope seems a lot shorter
from my new vantage point
it's getting harder
to maneuver
...

hesitant
reticent
ambivalent
intimate
...

Mi meditar
Mujer
De adoracion
Mujer de mi palabras
...