The deepest...

The deepest pains creep in every heartbeat. 

She doesn't care to breathe...

 ...or cry.

Broken heart

The Return

I don’t know

what to do with this new-found grief-

the one I thought I was over and done with.

I am trying to shove it deep inside me

so no one can know of its existence

but I also know from experience

you can’t run or hide from grief.

The only way to get through it-

is to embrace it.

Body Editorial for AREOLA Magazine

I have been torn so badly and it is not imported to anyone.

Steam

Esmena Valdés

I survived another day.
I will rewrite the forgotten,
before it is extinguished.
Steam in my lungs.
Carbon monoxide.