A poem by Carlos Duarte, student, poet, member of the Latino Writer\u27s Collective

Duarte, Carlos

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Many Voices - One CommunityVolume 1Issue 3 Fall/Winter 2009-10 Article 7April 2010Mexico CityCarlos DuarteJohnson County Community College, cduarte@jccc.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarspace.jccc.edu/mvocThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at ScholarSpace @ JCCC. It has been acceptedfor inclusion in Many Voices - One Community by an authorized administrator of ScholarSpace @ JCCC. For more information, please contactbbaile14@jccc.edu.Recommended CitationDuarte, Carlos (2010) "Mexico City," Many Voices - One Community: Vol. 1: Iss. 3, Article 7.Available at: http://scholarspace.jccc.edu/mvoc/vol1/iss3/7MEXICO CITYMaybe Penelope awaitsWhile the sky fills with dustAs the morning breathesBut I’m far awayAnd the noises seemLike a witnessOf the innocenceTonight I see thievesRunningTheir hands a mysteryAnd I call for herWoman with a thousand soulsAnd yetThe loneliness is strongA cascade of cultureWith plenty of loveBut the steps are drawnWhen she packs her roadsAnd I’m left to feel Am the missing stoneOF ALL BUT WAR1.run as you did beforecry like you have never donebe the picture that collapsesthe verbs that inviterest between your beautybetween your calamityand something moreby Carlos Duarte,student, poet,member of theLatino Writer’sCollective1Duarte: Mexico CityPublished by ScholarSpace @ JCCC, 20092.(look at meBy these lines I’m formedAs the sound carries an integration of remorse)Signal your love with windSo I can be thereBe the truth of morningsThat have gone to pastBut never believe yourselfA butterflyCarlos Duarte, Student“Poem 1”there are times whenland buys into its own absorptionwhen people land theirfeet as if they hada notionbut life is but an oceanof uncertainty –a siren blastingthrough its innocenceas memory divides,as weather changesthrough timewe are the finaland the eternalthe blank promiseof things past.2Many Voices - One Community, Vol. 1 [2009], Iss. 3, Art. 7http://scholarspace.jccc.edu/mvoc/vol1/iss3/7

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