BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

BLANCA ALICIA GARZA

FRAGMENTED HEART

In the attempt

to keep you whole

I did not realize

that I was falling

into pieces.

In my stubbornness

to protect your heart

mine collapsed into

thousands of fragments.

In the eagerness

of keep a smile

on your lips

mine slowly turned

into a sad grimace.

In my despair I

tried to find my smile

on these cold walls

full of framed memories

but I can not find it.

Completely alone I

found myself now

picking up the fragments

of my broken heart

scattered on the floor.

When I needed you the most

you turned your back on me.

Because of you, I simply

forgot to love myself.

(Initially published on Raven Cage Ezine)

SELFISHNESS

Cold hearts reign

in this unkind world

Empty of sensitivity

But full of criticism

Staring at a screen

Begging for a LIKE

Fake smiles; sexy poses

With a pound of makeup

Don't be afraid

Show you bare face

You are unique

One of a kind

Show this callous world

What is inside your heart

Not inside your clothes

For you are an example

to young girls who follow.

(Initially published on Indiana Voice Journal)

MY VOICE

My world teeters

but I will not fall

I'm standing here

tall and proud

No matter what

life throws at me

I'm making my own path

with the stones

that I stumble on

Will not follow the crowd

My dreams could be

scattered by the wind

like pieces of a dandelion

But if I can touch a heart

with my words, if I can

make someone think

twice before they act,

then my work wasn't in vain.

Although I cannot see

the rest of the way,

I keep going, always forward,

stepping strongly, raising dust.

Leaving my mark along the path

Always with my head up

never looking down

Getting up if I fall.

Sowing kindness and love

for if someday I have

to take a step back

I'll never give up

Holding my dream tight,

It won't matter if I

make my hands bleed

My writing is my voice

and it will remain

when I'm gone.

(Initially published on Tuck Magazine)

WHISPERING STARS

As the Moon rises and

illuminates the evening sky

it awakens desires of

love from so very far away.

A soulful shooting star

ignites the night while my

heart beats on, I silently cry.

I saw the stellar sight

tonight and I made a wish

I wished for the day that

I will see your beautiful face

hold your hand and

feel your tender kiss.

Perhaps the distance

may separate our bodies

but our love rises together

as two souls in love.

(Initially published on Stanzaic Stylings)

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.