J. James Martinez Poems

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
...

The record keeps skipping
Maybe the vinyl has warped
And the
Tape Deck has been fussy of late
...