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La Vida Sin Ella

The worst feeling was the build up to goodbye We spent those last days pretending like it wasn’t coming She didn’t acknowledge it and neither did I Between smiles and laughter sometimes you could catch a glimpse of a solitary tear dripping down our eyelids It was a beautiful euphoric pain  The worst feeling wasContinue reading “La Vida Sin Ella”

Posted byAngel BarraganJanuary 8, 2021Posted inPoetryTags:PoetryLeave a comment on La Vida Sin Ella

Your Story

Tell me your storyI want to knowI want to know YOUWhere are you from ? Tell me your rootsTell me about that song that can mess up your day on an instantTell me about the scar, how did it happen ?What are you scared of?Do you believe in love at first sight? Or second?Tell meContinue reading “Your Story”

Posted byAngel BarraganJanuary 8, 2021Posted inPoetryTags:PoetryLeave a comment on Your Story

Mirame

Listen to me little one mirame This is a hard lesson to learn but one that we should We need We must A lesson that I learned pequeno and so did the ones before us Your brother Your sister Your mother Your father All the ones like you and I Nosotros  The ones that haveContinue reading “Mirame”

Posted byAngel BarraganJanuary 8, 2021Posted inPoetryTags:PoetryLeave a comment on Mirame

Letter in the Mail

We got a letter in the mail for you today Its like they are mocking us Shoving in our faces that you’re no longer here 6 years after your deportation and still That constant reminder that makes me ill Straight to my stomach The powerless look in your eyes behind that glass That broken smile Continue reading “Letter in the Mail”

Posted byAngel BarraganJanuary 8, 2021Posted inPoetryTags:immigration, PoetryLeave a comment on Letter in the Mail

To Love in Spanish

I didn’t realize how beautiful Spanish is until It came to loveAnd Spanish made me realize thatI dont believe in love  Pero creo en el Amor I just refuse to believe that you love meWhen you are clearly in love with ChipotleIf you can categorize how you feel for me in the same way youContinue reading “To Love in Spanish”

Posted byAngel BarraganJanuary 8, 2021Posted inPoetryTags:PoetryLeave a comment on To Love in Spanish

Cages

I envy thee without restrictionsFree to roam and free to seeThe world around me so beautiful yet  far away from reach  Behind my bars I envy youI envy you who has no cageMy bars cold and rigid hold me prisonerPrisoner of my selfI want to fly amongst the skies and rest upon a redwood treeExpandContinue reading “Cages”

Posted byAngel BarraganJanuary 8, 2021March 23, 2021Posted inPoetryTags:PoetryLeave a comment on Cages

My Native Self

Lenguas Nativas Perdida en mi saliva I wonder what my native spirit is thinking of me right now. Spending my days empowering our kids at the end of the day still teaching the colonizers language, history, laws , rules, culture my indian tongue forgotten traditions lost in translation Would he be happy about it? WouldContinue reading “My Native Self”

Posted byAngel BarraganJanuary 8, 2021January 8, 2021Posted inPoetryTags:immigration, PoetryLeave a comment on My Native Self

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