Poems from victoriamione

he asks me, “what has poetry taught  you? why is it so important?”   i ponder the question for a moment and  think about the women who ...
stop taping young  people’s mouths shut and telling us where our places are   stop screaming over the voices of tomorrow  and stop telling...
for lives lost at the end of a gun and those wounded at the hands of a bullet   i pray for your peace but more importantly  i pray for your...
I love you in the morning, with soft sunlight peeking through the curtains casting over your sleepy face; eyes dazed, smile slanted, and...
To my depression:  I spent too long loving you and being held hostage to the warmth you’d radiate because I was always so cold but you made...