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Best Poems Written by Iris Gonzal

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Leon

LEON, MY KING, HIS KING
IRIS, HIS QUEEN, HIS *****
I LOVE LEON
LEON IS MY KING
I WOULD DIE FOR HIM
HE WOULD KILL ME FROM WITHIN
I WOULDN'T DARE LOVE ANOTHER
LEON IS ALL I NEED
HE WOULD KILL ME SLOWLY
IF I LEFT FOR ANOTHER
I HAVE LEON THEREFORE
I HAVE LIFE
THANKS LEON FOR LOVING ME
NO THANKS FOR THIS LIFE

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You Dont Know Me

I seemed to be misunderstood by most
The inside is me, outside what you see
Are the remnants of a tattered host
In me you will find a soul of honesty 

But also confusion and frustration
And you may mistake me as troublesome
But I live life as a celebration
Appreciate life to the optimum

Sometimes I can be recklessly funny
Sometimes I am seriously reckless
Sometimes I am bright and sunny
Sometimes theres too much stress

Please don’t judge or be confused by me
I am what I am, I am what you see.

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Rose

I'm just a shadow of a Rose
A place where hopelessness grows
Where thorns are welcome
And pain is all but seldom

No one can see me bloom
They have given up on this gloom
Can't fight what I am
A woman or a man

Admire me for who I am
Hate me for having no glam
Love me now my friends and foes
As I was once a beautiful rose

As I wither in the cold and rain
No one comes to ease my pain
I promise again that I'll change
But my words are worthless and enrage

Those that loved me
Have said "you can't see"
The beautY and purity as you were born
Now the painful beauty of a thorn.

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Cower

When you make me cower I am
Less than a negative
Less than nothing
Less than wretched

When I false praise you I feel
Like a coward
Like a groveling animal
Like you're dutiful pet

When I finish cooking and cleaning for you
I'm tired but I smile
I'm hungry but I fein
I let you take me and I cry

It's my job 
I am your wife
How I wish for the strenghth
to take you life.

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Peak of War

Old I thought yet only 8
no stanger dangers
Kick ball, dolls and easy bake ovens
penny candy, drive in movies

Nineteen sixty eight
Kennedy was campaigning
Martin Luther King was shot 
And the country was changing

So young, only 18
barely old enough to drive
hardly able to survive
Drafted, they would die

Peace and Love Not war
That's what they chanted
our children dying and our
children killing other children

But the war was here
right in our yards 
racism was the monster 
that fueled us and fooled us 

We fought the war along side each other
took care of each other
carried each other
buried each other

No more Vietnam war
Not about the color of our skin
Our children are killing each other
because of the color of a rag

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Low Down

Do you love me
Do you think I am smart
Do you appreciate me
Do you look at me, what do you see

When you hit me does it hurt you
When you call me stupid does it emasculate you
When I comfort you Am I beneath you
When you look at me what do you see

It hurts when you hit me
It enrages me when you call me stupid
It empowers me to know I comfort you
Look at me now what do you see

I don't love you
I am above you intellectually
I am calculating, cunning
Look at me, my back is the last you'll see.

The Love of your life
The small contributions you made
The small man that you are
The minutiae of nothing

I walk tall, with a soulful stride
You walk fast trying to catch me
I am the winner
You're a survivor

I am no longer broken
I am no longer weak
I am a woman
Then I drop a coin in your cup

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Mami

Mami. Beautiful Wonderful 
Mami alone with 8 children
Papi. Walked away.
Mami was strong and gentle
Mami kept us protected
Mami loved us. Oh did she love us.
Mami fed us. Not herself
Mami needed only to survive 
Mami raised us all alone
Mami has 8 strong, smart educated children
Mami is an abuelita with nietas y nietos who adore her
Mami died. Mami was never alone. Mami was loved
Mami was fierce. Mami was brave. 
Mami was an Angelic Miracle.
Papi? Who? 
Who cares?

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Nothing Matters

When I was young
there was shame in being poor
a sandwich for lunch
No snack or drink

When I was young
we didn't worry if our socks matched
as long as we had a sock on both feet
We were ahead of the game

When I was young
Mama gave us 3 meals a day
Clean hand me downs 
and a twin bed met with 4.

When I was young 
my siblings and I were our 
favorite things to play with
and fight for.

When I was young all
was fair in love and war.
I wish when I was young 
we were all young.

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So I Thought

He wooed me
He married her
He stayed with me
He stayed with her
He stole my heart
He had children with her
I left him
I went back to him
I trusted him
I believed in us
he has us both now
He thinks I don't know
He did it with me
He did it to me
I did it with him
I will do it to him
I wish he chose me 
I wasn't enough 
He thinks I'm desperate
He thinks he's smart 
He is smart
He is not so smart
I wasn't enough
Neither is he

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Loud

You know what you are
You're like a scar, ugly
You're tongue is sharp
Hurts like a boxers fist
You knock me out so bliss
It's not love though
It's want, so
I want you bad
I need you badder
You want me too
 if only to batter
Words hurt.  
They leave scars on the soul
So what if you're mute
Your words hurt