Rene Velez : Writing

COMPLACENCY

COMPLACENCY

A Poem by Rene Velez


It comes with it all the good the bad enlightened or mad and it never asks will never call it just gives the life we choose the life we l..
SNATCHED

SNATCHED

A Poem by Rene Velez


And if you asked me what happened, I wouldn't know. I'm never there when it happens, like an absentee landlord. I'm always there aft..
SHORT CIRCUIT

SHORT CIRCUIT

A Poem by Rene Velez


Flashing lights, at the corner of an eye, a mad dash, and caregivers at the ready, clinched teeth and punctured tongue, Short curcuits int..
DIVISION

DIVISION

A Poem by Rene Velez


We are all human, no matter what they say. We may speak differently. We may live differently, but we are the same. Some believe superior ..
SIGN LANGUAGE

SIGN LANGUAGE

A Poem by Rene Velez


She said things without a sound eye level with her child, knees on the ground, simple gestures, a play with hands, like etching textures ..
UNTIL THE STARS MOVE

UNTIL THE STARS MOVE

A Poem by Rene Velez


We see it in a stream of a joyful tear, light of a prideful cheer, to love and accept, innocence in its deepest depths, and the days n..
DISSONANCE

DISSONANCE

A Poem by Rene Velez


I am convinced, we are all oblivious. Pretending. Dissonant. In the dark. Hands forward, waiting for the faintest light; adversary of indiffere..
REFLECTION

REFLECTION

A Poem by Rene Velez


I miss your warmth. You sitting next me. I see your face in the infinity of stars. I hear your laughter in the passing wind, the twinkle in y..
IN-BETWEEN THE EMBRACE

IN-BETWEEN THE EMBRACE

A Poem by Rene Velez


There are periods of nothing, silence and darkness in their embrace. Cheer for those distant waves, those distant waves of color and hope, we ..
DEAD ROSES

DEAD ROSES

A Poem by Rene Velez


A Poem byRene Velez I remember the leaky ceiling and the roaches, dead roses in the window of the old abandoned flower shop, the smell of wee..