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Loss

Loss

Poetry Corner: Fragments

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on March 7, 2018 1

Fragments by Alex Paramo

::Fragments::

I’m fragmented ..
We are all fragments, mere laments and distress
We are all universally fragments of darkness
The universe is 68% dark-matter and 32% madness

I am a fragment ..
Trapped in the judgement
.. of the misunderstood
Through the cracks of what once was
and what will never be again
I remain hidden in that slow space
where the light kisses the night goodbye
and a new day of confusion unfurls ..

Fragments make up the world
Torments make up my memories
.. and shrapnel and cold steel are all I can feel
with pieces of pierced skin on my tongue ..
My heart lies quick, still ..
.. still ..
.. in shreds ..

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Alex Paramo Summer SolsticeAlex Paramo is a native New Yorker of Colombian descent. He is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. He currently resides in Albuquerque, NM. Read More about him here.

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Poetry: Fragile

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on October 15, 2015 Respond

Fragile by Alex Paramo

Fragile
Everything seems so fragile
every attempt at peace
Futile

Fragile
Like a Crystal Swan
stuck inside a glass jewelry box
Crystalline

Fragile

Fragile
Like when we hold hands (i feel the strength of our love)
but how easily it is overwhelmed by
Anger

Fragile
But still beating
the delicate rhythms of
Love

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Alex Paramo Summer SolsticeAlex Paramo is a native New Yorker of Colombian descent. He is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. He currently resides in Albuquerque, NM. Read More about him here.

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Guest Poet: Yvette Sandoval

Published by communitypublishingabq@gmail.com on September 2, 2015 1

Shattered Past by Yvette Sandoval

Shattered Past

Aged and weather beaten are his
hands. A few broken knuckles from
days gone past. His face has
the engraving of an intaglio master, and
yet the smile on his face
betrays the fact that his heart is tired.

His mind is still sharp, but tires
quickly, especially when it lingers on his
wife. The delicate contours of her face,
the lingering scent of lavender from
her evening cup of tea, and
how she never cared for all the items they had.

The children he loved, wishing he had
hugged them more. Their sweet faces tired
by the time he got home from work, and
laying their heads to rest upon his
shoulders, he carried them from
kitchen to room, while memorizing their faces.

Broken hands hold a tear stained face.
His life, his wife … kids, it had
happened so suddenly. She ran from
him one night – took the kids – all were tired.
They had argued, and out of nowhere his
hand came down upon her face, and …

“The accident happened so fast, and
they’re all gone,” the officer said, hand over face.
“I am truly sorry for your loss.” He
walked away, the broken man who had
never felt so tired
the broken man from

a hard working life. Where did he come from?
he was so happy once and
then at the age of 27 he was a tired
old man who just lost his family. His face
twisted with pain; his heart, his entire life had
shattered in a moments time, all because of him.

He remembers the pain, he remembers their faces
from those days so long ago, and he never had
the chance, for he was too tired, to say that he loved them.

Shattered Past

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Image of Yvette SandovalYvette Sandoval is originally from Bernalillo, New Mexico and currently lives in Albuquerque New Mexico. Yvette is a writer and Co-Founder and Partner of Community Publishing. At Community Publishing. Yvette’s specialty is graphic art and editing. Yvette has attended Central New Mexico Community College. 

Community Publishing is committed to providing a digital platform for local artists of all mediums through the creation of multimedia eBooks, while promoting literacy in our community. Community Publishing uses a “ground up” approach which emphasizes an all-encompassing collaborative method.

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