Rene Velez : Writing

ALL SHE ALLOWED

ALL SHE ALLOWED

A Poem by Rene Velez


All she allowed was a smile curly locks cascading like black roses hid the faintest blush, a complement true, beneath a canopy escaping rain, ..
THE PRETENDERS

THE PRETENDERS

A Poem by Rene Velez


The feeling is lost without a care, no texture for a master's hand, just small moths seeking light, not mindful of the choosing, placing tog..
WHEN SLEEP PERSISTS

WHEN SLEEP PERSISTS

A Poem by Rene Velez


Within time I will not be and when sleep persists I will drift, in and out, here and somewhere not here. I fear, a better place. I am..
PHOTO OP

PHOTO OP

A Poem by Rene Velez


They were feeding by the curb, just before the hill, on the way to get gas, too slow on the draw missing the opportunity, I walked down the hill..
Hemingway and s**t...

Hemingway and s**t...

A Poem by Rene Velez


I'm not trying to be all Hemingway and s**t I'm a drop it hood like my neck of the woods yeah... that place I call home where bullets rest ..
TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND WRONG ANSWERS

TRIVIA QUESTIONS AND WRONG ANSWERS

A Poem by Rene Velez


It was just a burger joint,trivia questions and wrong answers,we, looking left or rightbut never at each other, oureyes dancing like lost gypsieswe fo..
WITH INEQUITY...

WITH INEQUITY...

A Poem by Rene Velez


No explanation can compare but I have dared to write the universe with inequity contributing to my identity There is no chance here where I s..
LEOPARD PRINT

LEOPARD PRINT

A Poem by Rene Velez


I have an itch but it does not motivate me it keeps me company through sleepless nights a sensation of sensitivity some chemical glitch like l..
WINDOWS TO A SHINE

WINDOWS TO A SHINE

A Poem by Rene Velez


Cleaning the home always helps clear the mind focused in the moment a task into the Zen of its perfection to lose all complications and forget ..
SPECTATORS

SPECTATORS

A Poem by Rene Velez


They wanted to peel skin but dark skin doesn't peel in the Sun, words hang like paper clips, by the edge of the lips leave the broken b..