Weekend Wars

The start of a blog to mark a new chapter in my life. A new chapter born out of the ashes of a failed relationship.

Welcome to my blog, everyone. To mark this new change of direction in my life and the start of my blog here is a poem that I recited at Emerging Urban Poets in Pasadena on Saturday July 17, 2010. In the coming days I will post a link to a video of that recital.

For now, you can read it here:

"Eulogy"

a poem by Armando Flores Jr.

I could imagine your supple, brown skin

Lying on the soft white sheets of your bed

I listened to the way you wept

The way raindrops fall on a windowpane

I heard the way your voice sounded

It quivered with apprehension

I noticed the subtle, slow decay

That marked this fleeting feeling

I felt the pain as the knife went through me

It was as dull as cotton

I only wonder if you feel the same

Or is this feeling forgotten?

I dug my nails into my skin

To check if I was still alive

My heart was still breathing, though

So I held my chest all through the night

Your sweet serenity isn’t without a catch

I learned that the hardest way

For I mark this moment with an eulogy

To note what has now passed away