I am not an option
Or a void filler
Neither a distraction nor a chore
I am not a danger
I am not an anchor
Or a cage
I say soar
I am not a whip
Or a guilt trip
I am not an argument
Or a tear
I am not a heartbreak or a pillow
I am happy as a stranger
Happy to have no threat near
I know fairy tales of lives lost to loneliness
To fear
I know horror stories of dead horses beaten on for years
I know how the honest lie
How the sensitive cry
How the apologetic come with no knowledge
I am not meat to be met
Or a hand searching to be acknowledged
I am not a tension in your shoulder
Or attention given lightly
I am not demanding
I just dignify my body
I am not a flesh sharer
Nor am I starving for risks
I do like to sleep peacefully without a liar’s kiss
I am not a fantasy
I am a memory
I know reality
I am not a savior
But I do protect me
I am not defensive
Challenging or player two
I am who I know I am
Can you say this too
I am not a twin flame or a soulmate or a mirror
I am not a dream or a Mirage
I am so much realer
I am what the fates call a deep feeler
I am
And am for
2 clean hands lead by 1 mind
Centuries deep in Heart science
I am not a miracle
I am not a thing
I am not an object
Nor am I suffering
I am knowledge to be consumed
Open to receive A You
When alignment creates timing.

 

Liza Zayas is a lover of writing and dancing and celebrates both as a singer and songwriter performing as Luna del Flor. You can hear her collaborative sounds and experience life through her storytelling. She invites you to dance. Her poetry seeks to initiate dialogue by intentionally expressing consequences of love, lust, ego and self-respect.