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Issue 5 Poetry

Fernando

One specific suggestion I was given was to perhaps add roman numerals since my poem was split into two. I really liked the idea of more explicitly splitting the poem, for although it is one poem, it was written about two very different moments. I think this idea is captured and more obviously showcased when the poem is numbered and split.

Fernando I

Long legs and nervous smile;
Sandy brown hair and fidgeting hands;
Long fingers intertwined with mine,
delicately grasping air–

A universe is held between us
Where nothing else exists,
except our unabating pulse.

Its rhythm:
an unwavering source of life and death,

the end to all beginnings
within our closed palms.

Fernando II

Green eyes and batting lashes;
Pale emeralds in a sea of milk;

Fading anthuriums–

Soon,
their vermillion to become a distant memory,

just like the universe that is held between us, 

And Suddenly,
the world seems so small.

Melanie Diaz is a political science major and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies minor at DePaul University. She enjoys traveling and humanitarian work, focusing on the relationships between the Global North and South, resulting in her having lived in eight different countries, with international volunteering, independent study, and non-profit work under her belt. She enjoys writing as a creative outlet and as a way of forming connections with others.