Prof. Jessica Penner | OL10 | Spring 2021

Jeffrey Hernandez – Poems

ā€œThings we carry on our handsā€

We carry tears in our eyes: good-bye grandma, good-bye grandpa,

 good-bye mother, good-bye father, good-bye everyone.

We carry soil in small bags: may home never fade from our hearts and memory.

ā€œShades of colorsā€

If I could wake up this morning

I see five shades of brown

I am the shade of brown

No other feeling can be given when it is worn

Shades of Brown are beautiful 

Shades of brown are equalĀ 

ā€œLife is just Hardā€

ā€œLifeā€ is such a wide umbrella

A world that covers many, many things,

And everyoneā€™s experience of it, hits different

A Broken memory is like

Things get broken at home

Like they were pushed by an invisible, deliberate smasher.

Get used to it, it gets harder.

Once you start to get exhausted, you have succeeded in your fear.Ā 

ā€œDonā€™t lose your hopeā€

Somebody said that it couldnā€™t be done

Donā€™t worry

You have this

It might take you months or years

But donā€™t worry

You’re not alone

Hang in there.

1 Comment

  1. Yasmine

    I really like the poem ā€œShades of Colorsā€ it was simple yet powerful, it sounds as though the poet is expressing a sense of proudness for the skin that heā€™s in and thatā€™s a very important concept.

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