Valentines: “untitled” by Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras

untitled

I
   walk 
        inside 
                this 
                    feeling

                      sometimes 
                        it's 
                        an 
                     obsession 
                     a 
                  memory a
                myth 

             'I 
           am 
         taking 
        myself 
        back.'

       I 
       am 
         no 
           longer 
             the 
               girl 
                  from 
                     Coatecas Altas    

                           I       
                             am 
                perennial

   el toro

por la noche
      mis lágrimas
          riegan tierra

my 
    neck-like 
honey

  the 
  tree 
                 I body

                         its 
                               ghost          the    of             
                                       heavy              rhythm              
                                                  rain 
                                                the        want 
                  to     always 
                     love
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Image: dream starts with rain, ends with flood

About Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras

Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras is of Zapoteco descent from Oaxaca, Mexico. She’s an aspiring poeta who is currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing in Juan Felipe Herrera’s Laureate Lab Visual Wordist Studio at Fresno State. You can find her on IG @ ceci_herm