New Year's Wish

My wish for you—

Hope as sharp as lion’s teeth
devouring all the concrete that buries you
until you can

unfurl yourself under the encouraging sun
and make your own wishes
fly far and wide.

Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash

Song Choice: Hey Jude covered by Infinity Song

Liner Notes for this Groove: This song is linked to Poets and Storyteller United's Friday Writing Prompt, Fascinating. I'm not sure how obscure this fact really is, but it always tickled me that the word dandelion originates from Latin meaning "lion's teeth".

By Rommy Cortez-Driks

Solstice 2023

I greeted the Sun empty-handed
worn out from too long nights
spent counting out collected griefs
from near and far.

The Sun gave me Her gift

of the light I could not hide from
illuminating who I was
and asking what I wanted to be
the morning that light came back 

into the world.

Photo by Ivana Cajina on Unsplash

By Rommy Cortez-Driks

Song Choice: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me cover by Roger Daltrey

Liner Notes for this Groove: This poem is linked to Poets and Storytellers United Friday Writings. 

To Heal this Broken World

If my words cannot hold water
let them at least not act as tinder
for those eager to stoke the flames.

If I am struck silent
at the scope of the horror,
let my eyes at least be
brave enough to not look away.

If I can remember
only one thing, let it be
that every needless death diminishes us all.

The ability to kindle compassion
is the only superpower
that can heal this broken world. 

Photo by Nowshad Arefin on Unsplash

By Rommy Cortez-Driks

Song Choice: Won't Give Up by Pattie Gonia, featuring Yo-Yo Ma and Quin Christopherson

Liner Notes for This Groove: This poem is linked to the Friday Writings Prompt at Poets and Storytellers United.