My Voice by Blanca Garza

My Voice 

My world teeters 

but I will not fall

I'm standing here

tall and proud 

No matter what 

life throws at me 

I'm making my own path 

with the stones 

that I stumble on

Will not follow the crowd 

My dreams could be

scattered by the wind 

like pieces of a dandelion 

But if I can touch a heart 

with my words, if I can 

make someone think 

twice before they act,

then my work wasn't in vain.

Although I cannot see

the rest of the way,

I keep going, always forward,

stepping strongly, raising dust.

Leaving my mark along the path 

Always with my head up

never looking down 

Getting up if I fall.

Sowing kindness and love 

for if someday I have 

to take a step back

I'll never give up 

Holding my dream tight, 

It won't matter if I 

make my hands bleed

My writing is my voice 

and it will remain 

when I'm gone.

Bio: Blanca Alicia Garza is from Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a nature and animal lover, and enjoys spending time writing. Some of her poems are published in the Poetry Anthology, "Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze", now available at Amazon.com. Blanca's published work can be viewed at The Poet Community, Whispers, The Winamop Journal, Indiana Voice Journal, Tuck Magazine, Scarlet Leaf Review as well as Birdsong Anthology 2016, Vol 1.