March 14, 2023
Dear Poet
Elizabeth Estrada
Dear poet
you are brave
you are soul meets planet earth
and earth meets shockwave and
shockwave meets elevated consciousness
and elevated consciousness meets
you.
Poet
The one who just wants to create
Lost in societies bait
But she just
wants
to
Create.
So dear poet,
Who are you?
Deep down you know
wave to current
seed to fruit
human to being
magic, mystic, complex, messy
Connecting ideas like dots from pen to paper
brush on canvas
thought is now action
Dear poet,
you are sweet, patient
sometimes fearful and rampant
Chaotically calm like a popping wax candle scented from the oceanic oak trees
Back to the original organism
orgasmic in your rhythm
loose in your movement
Firm in idea
Frozen yogurt melts with slippery strawberries
They say unfortunate,
You say
Art.
period blood wiped on gut
they say dirty,
you say
Art.
It’s the Primal pride
no menstrual shame
ancestral energies within
you ride for change
desiring it now
But everything has a time and place
A time and place
a time and taste
Sweet with a touch of salt
Umami
yes I have mommy
issues
daddy
issues
Yet I choose to sit in light and it shines brighter than any problem in the way
So
Remind yourself
it’s okay to play
let the inner child run through
Dear poet,
you perform surgery on words and end up healing
yourself.
Elizabeth is a multi-disciplinary artist from the San Fernando Valley. She specializes in painting and spoken word poetry. Her poems are inspired by the beauty and mystery of life. Her poems include themes of sexuality, vices, self empowerment, spiritualism, and more.