Two poems by Melissa Mercado

Melissa Mercado has been a poet for many years, starting at a young age of 14. Mercado is an aspiring published author in poetry, academia and socio-political commentary. She has completed a Bachelor in Public Relations at the University of Canberra and continuing studies to be an Academic Professor in Communication and Arts.

Caving in
One step is too far, it is too far a journey.
I want to stay here, I hate it here,
But one step, is too far a journey.

I can’t shake it off, shake what off?
Invisible shackles, the deceiving cloak
so the world can see my face.

I clasp my shoulders, palms and sweat
Close my eyes and ignore
The rest of the world’s existence.

One step is too far, one step a journey.
A journey I must take, I hate it here.
No one lives here, nor am I.

© Melissa Mercado

Apart of you
On a plane she will go,
And I will float in the misty waters
Once the waters of her womb,
She sheltered and I called home.

Connect, not with a chord,
But strings of a harp she plays in me.
The melody hums across the mirror
When I look at her reflection.

A mother cannot part
From the life she made
Without leaving behind a shadow
Of herself waving farewell.

Never. And now yes.
We are parting, briefly and too long.
I will miss you, always with you.
Apart. A part of you. Till then.

© Melissa Mercado