My mouth is dry
My lips are cracked
My eyes are flooded
My cheeks are wet
My hands are naked
My hair is still
My back is cold
My feet are dangling
My words are heavy
My spirit is grey
My heart is empty
My soul is searching
I am dreaming
I am believing
I am striving
I am building
I am freeing
I am talking
I am giving
I am taking
I am living
I am growing
I am free
I am me
Elizabeth Dominguez

Protection

I removed my protective coat
Its fabric weighted me down
Held me from believing that I’d ever be free
unbound to live breath and see
View the world that lived outside of where I’d always be
The moment the clouds uncovered the sun
I drank the power of its rays
The strength ran through my veins
It tossed the garment with no refrain
Revealing my naked vulnerability
The warmth of the sun fed my soul
Gave me visions of my dreams
Filled my heart with comfort and ease
I felt the chill upon my back
Trying to ignore its painful tower
A drop of rain I felt it too
The clouds began to cool
The rays were now so few
No longer does the sun illuminate for me
My protective coat has lost its seam
Standing naked revealing the scars
Etched by heat from the yellow star
Elizabeth

In The Middle

In the middle
The road split before her eyes
Afraid of leading in demise
Stuck in the middle…not knowing for how long
Listening to her own song
To the left
Wildflowers’ and berries grew alongside a foggy path
Butterflies fluttered in a wrath
Music spun bittersweet notes of freedom
Singing a song of newfound wisdom
To the right
Perfectly cut stone paved the way
Sidewalks and streetlamps lit up like day
Music played but not her taste
The smell of ammonia moved alongside the heaves
Its vapor has withered the leaves
In the end
Her song will play the loudest
Her smile will stretch the longest
Her heart will beat the strongest
Her love will be the truest
Her soul will be the fullest

Clasping

Oh God please tell me you’re invested
That the words you’ve said are trusted
And the light in your eyes was not reflecting
Transmitting MY glow when they found me smiling
Show me the life I’ve diluted was not in vain
Authenticate that your feelings will remain
For when I heard your empty voice
My heart whispered “so wrong your choice”
Your inconsistent frame of mind
Is demanding my feelings to run and hide
My skin is parched for an embrace
Don’t let this chance fall from grace
If my grip for you I ease
Never again will you touch my sleeve
(c) Elizabeth

Salvation

As the venom poured out of my mouth
I watched its fumes enter your body
I watched it reach your heart
It covered your soul and stole your strength
Your body quivered from the sudden attack
The guilt exploded in my heart
Releasing through my eyes
Guilty for my weary heart couldn't ingest the poison
Guilty for choosing to save
My drowning soul
My rusting heart
My dying life
Where were you when I
Screamed, cried, begged and pleaded
As my smile
My light
My love
Quickly faded?

Consequence

Stepping on the world below
As my fingertips reach for
the warmth
The light
The life
Of the sun
Hungrily needing to feed my soul
Desperately wanting to melt the ice that shields my heart
Selfishly fighting to fulfill my desires
Crushing my world with the weight of my dreams
Blinding them with the dirt from my feet
Marking them with the negligence of my steps
As the sun moves further and further out of reach
I grow tired of
Dreaming
Hoping
Believing
That the sun will meet my needs

© Elizabeth

ADDICTION

The violent current is beginning to close its eyes
As I realize where the river is going to end

Exhausted from its angry waves
They've cut me and bruised me

I remember times the water so cool so calm
It sweetly invited me in
Gentle words it sprinkled

Just my feet I remember saying
So tempting and refreshing
A few minutes longer, but deeper I walked

I could feel the comfort cooling my body
I felt the movement of the water

This time I went under
Holding my breath I came up for air

The water was ruff
I looked at the shore, miles it seemed

I made my way toward it
The current pulling me back

So tired I felt
Under I went, this time unwilling

I looked to the shore miles it seemed
No one to help me

I felt the wetness touch my mouth
It filled my lungs

I could taste the water’s edge
I was finally on it, its sand in my mouth

I looked at the water
I heard it inviting

The violent current is beginning to close its eyes
As I realize where the river is going to end…

©Elizabeth Dominguez