Poetry Slam Success, JSEC Hits Grand Slam at PPSD’s Poetry Slam

Written by Jennifer Germosen Polanco

I lingered in my thoughts
Again and again
I lived in the darkest of holes
Ever since my memory can recall
And I liked being there
Faking a fluorescent smile.
I grew to like the pain that became a part of me and
I stored it away.

Great,
Great is the sorrow that dawn brought to my watery eyes.
Every night as I laid in bed
There was a ritual reminiscing
Of the pain.
That was real.

Nothing
Not even the finest of acts
Could make my heart believe that the smile on my face was real.

What was real? At this point
Only the darkest of holes seemed to be real
And thats how the world seemed like
To me.

But there
In the darkest of holes

I trampled upon a flower
Thats what your eyes seemed to look like -a flower full of beauty.
The only thing I wondered was how I was able to see such beautiful
flower in pith black emptiness.

I did not let the wonder keep me away from enjoying that flower
Because I had never seen beauty so clear in front of me
Until I saw your eyes.

They glistened and sparkled
They blinked
And as they did I could see that there was light coming from them
Because for the second in which your eyes closed
There was darkness
And as you opened them back up
There was light.

That was when I realized
I was no longer in pith black emptiness
Or in the darkest holes
Because you were there.

And I also realized
That the reason why I was able to see such beautiful flower
Was not because I looked at your eyes
But because you
Saw
me.

Unspoken Truth

Written by: RICHARD GARCIA POEM #2