[family], a poem by Daniel Perez
Sleep with my eyes open.
Hearing the redundant
crack as my heart is broken
and keep it submerged in tears
to truly know it’s choking.
Losing life
before my eyes
I send my organ to the sky
and hope to never love until
the day I die.
Admitting riddance
to take care of my heart’s
disappearance.
No one else’s love to chase
while ice grows in a particular shape and
formed a cold faux heart to take its place.
Stares grow colder.
False heart gets older.
Mentality changes as
he finally lets go of the boulder
residing on his shoulder.
Family doesn’t need him.
If he succeeds they’ll need him.
Talk about how they never [leaved] him
and as truth resides in your eyes you
correct, and say [left].
You hear their lies in every single letter that is spoken, but where were they when your heart was broken, where were they when your innocence was stolen. Which one of you helped me look for it? Which one helped me find my dad. Who told me to just forget him. None of you taught me to write, but you all wish to take credit and I won’t let it happen.
I’m angry release endorphins.
Ignore every family member
until they see me become an orphan.
Hold back all the frozen tears.
They want me gone I overhear
and so I pack it all up.
Leave with no regret.
Family said they’d never
Leave, but I’m the one
who left.
-Daniel Perez
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Native to DC, Daniel Perez attended high school at Washington International School and is currently a freshman at American University seeking to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. His parents are both from the Dominican Republic and he still keeps a close connection to the country that has taught him so much. Perez, published his first book when he was 16 years old titled “Si Pudiera Explicarte la Soledad”, and since then he’s published two other books “Written on the Walls” and “Sessions”. At 18 he prepares to release his most ambitious project titled “[conversations]” set to be released on May 4, 2013.
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