Poems from Annette M Velasquez
" God Bless the Child"
( though yours was a lone blessing,
if that even
or was it just an unexpected
key
with which to unlock
stifling...
And who is it that cares to think
anymore as to whatever became
of the former femme fatales-
yesterday's darling divas?
Those once...
It was the last and quite possibly the most turbulent year of what had been a turbulent decade. But I, five years old at the time knew...
If I could-
I would
change the world
and make it kinder,
more just
- a world of peace...
but I am not God,
possess no miracles-
still,
I'd...
For oh, so long I have known
this-
that the spell had been
cast
and for years I have sought
remedies
through priests and preachers,...