Each April, I post poems in honor of National Poetry Month.” This year, I decided to go into my archives and publish one of my own poems as the first offering. Thank you for indulging me.
You Just Stopped – Candelaria Silva – copyright 2007
Candelaria before poetry reading – college years
My phone has never stopped taking your calls
you just stopped ringing, ringing, ringing.
My body has never stopped wanting your touch,
you just stopped bringing, bringing, bringing.
What you doin’, baby?
Climbing other walls?
Peeking in other windows?
Creeping down other halls?
You better watch it baby,
goin’ where you don’t belong.
You might go so far away,
can’t make your way back home.
My eyes have never stopped longing to see your face,
you just stopped coming, coming, coming.
My arms have never stopped wanting your embrace,
you just kept going, going, going.
Where you been, baby?
Shopping in the mall?
Working overtime?
Answering nature’s call?
You better watch it baby,
goin’ where you don’t belong.
You might go so far away,
can’t make your way back home.
*Poem/lyric from manuscript, Songs Somebody Should Sing – copyright 2007 – Candelaria N. Silva.
Candelaria Silva – now
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About National Poetry Month:
Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month, held every April, is the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture.
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