Six Strange Poems by Teresita Blanco

Martyr

by Teresita Blanco

I cannot bear

This cross anymore!

My body, worn and tarred.

Flinches beneath his whip.

Woe stricken and fallen

Beneath my pollen.

No longer a saint,

Today I die

My final death.

His Name is Death

by Teresita Blanco

Despotic, Neurotic,

He brings us all, heartache.

Forget him, bend him,

We must all

Crush him.

Take the sword

And shield,

Discard it.

Raise the guns

And all our heartache.

Bring it forth,

Offer it, it’s a perfect

Sacrifice…

To make us right,

To make us ripe.

Crazy, despotic, neurotic,

He brings his goons,

He brings us doom.

Crush him, discard him!

We must raise

The song of war.

See the rivers

Burning crimson!

For he wears  

The stench of death

Beneath his name.

I am too sad to Weep

by Teresita Blanco

Sometimes my eyes

Are so filled with sorrow

That I cannot weep.

At night their phantoms

Haunt my sleep.

If I could,

I would discard

This shell.

This suffering

I cannot tame.

Runaway Muse

by Teresita Blanco

Escape, sweet Muse,

Leave behind

My abuse.

Take from me

All your inspiration,

Its wasted, wasted.

Is best for you to flee,

Oh! Muse, since I lost

My will to speak.

Seek fertile grounds

Beyond this desert.

Escape, from me, Muse

Let us end, this ruse.

 

Obsession

by Teresita Blanco

His trails fade

The closer I get

To his shade.

Soon our shadows

Will become one.

This strange fascination

Knows no consolation.

My obsession grows stronger

As his eyes grow colder.

This disdain I cannot take,

Nor live with this mistake.

“Forfeit, let him go”

No!

Sins Unforgiving 

by Teresita Blanco

Sometimes I forget

How to breathe,

Sometimes I forget

My own name.

It grows harder

And harder today

To make some

Miserable gain.

As our pockets dry

And the bread hardens.

I see them drain,

The last drop

From our veins.

Their sins cannot

Be forgiven by

The few crumbs

They throw in

Our empty plates.

 Copyright Teresita Blanco

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