Rene Velez : Writing

DESIRED REALITIES

DESIRED REALITIES

A Poem by Rene Velez


Dream away, go ahead and dream away. Get away from the same mundane, the every day s**t while wasting away. Dream away, dream away, when they..
SKIN TONE

SKIN TONE

A Poem by Rene Velez


I can tell you don't want to make eye contact, and it's Ok. There's no need to clutch your purse in that way, I would never take what's not ..
HOUR GLASS

HOUR GLASS

A Poem by Rene Velez


I have written so many I can't keep count. So many things I've committed to, waist deep in the hour glass. Freight trains of thought. Still pic..
TIME FOR CHANGE

TIME FOR CHANGE

A Poem by Rene Velez


Things will change... even if they are not ready for change, the seconds change, the days change the life we arrange ideas we exchange, ..
NURTURE

NURTURE

A Poem by Rene Velez


Nurture, and the seeds take root, grounded, stretch and one day they will show their beauty in elaborate displays, stems growing stronger ..
FISTS IN THE AIR

FISTS IN THE AIR

A Poem by Rene Velez


The punches come, we take them into the unknown number of rounds, sparring with every heartbeat, we stand, we fall, we get up, to gain mo..
 17

17

A Poem by Rene Velez


They were 17 people I didn't know, and I believe everyone is worth knowing, even if it's just for 5 minutes. There were 17 families caught une..
QUILTS OF COLOR

QUILTS OF COLOR

A Poem by Rene Velez


We are the resistance, we are the existence of free verse, for what it's worth, from sky to Earth, and we heed the word when imagination ..
SILENCE HAS A SOUND

SILENCE HAS A SOUND

A Poem by Rene Velez


I wonder sometimes... Sometimes I wonder what the moon would sound like if I struck it with rock, would it sound like a baseball crashing..
AGILITY OF TIME

AGILITY OF TIME

A Poem by Rene Velez


I'd wake taking days for granted, young and oblivious to the agility of time. every morning like a new page, bright and candid, the Summers..