Poems from Andriel The Poet
My name is Gabriel AKA Andre Baez...
I'm a young man searching for himself and finding him within the words and stories of the world.
Allow me to share excerpts of myself with you.
How long will you mourn me,
Not at all, it's not your concern
For if you were to mourn me
It would make my heart burn
Feel the cold wind...
Your heart beats in me
Thumping, thumping
You kick with your feet
Thumping, thumping
Drummer girl you dance
Along in my womb
You prance and...
By the River Piedra
I sat down and wept
All my fears into the stream
Carried down to the stones
The bones, the sun shone
That day, again I...
Ink in the bowl goes on to skin
Culture from Africa to Americas Indians
Ink that is absorbed into the mind
Held in place forever in time...
The sole of the shoe is burnt brown
The body of it is crushed red
These shoes pound the ground
Running away, looking ahead
Running as the...