{"id":3241,"date":"2022-10-20T20:02:37","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/?page_id=3241"},"modified":"2022-10-20T20:10:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:10:41","slug":"two-poems-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/writers-house-review\/vol-3-winter-2022-23\/two-poems-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h4><em>Marsh Caro<\/em><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>V\u00f3 means Grandmother<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">You stand before me, aged like fine wine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">An immeasurable wall of glass between us,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Our words reach no ears but our own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Someday, I will break this barrier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I\u2019ll know it better than my native tongue,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Your stories will sound as clear as a summer\u2019s day,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Before your hair is as white as snow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Eventually, I will break this barrier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">An arduous game of charades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Picking out what I recognize from my classes,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">So little said with so few words.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Hopefully, I will break this barrier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Has the glass always seemed so dense?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Much left to learn, but in comes college and parties,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I must still have time, right?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Later, I will break this barrier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Now you\u2019ve gone beyond a new barrier I cannot touch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Still, a lonesome wall of glass stands before me, subtly cracked,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Would you hear me if I keep trying?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Hoje, estou quebrando essa barreira.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>My Favorite Word<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Bittersweet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Like your last chug of sugary milk,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Scooping out the last stray bits of cereal,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Always wanting one more sip.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Like your victory lap in Go-Karts,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Adrenaline pumped and with a huge grin,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Wishing you could play one more race.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Like the last day of vacation with friends,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Skimming through all the photos you took together,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Hoping you could stay one extra week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Like sitting by your grandmother\u2019s bedside,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Her frail hand clasped in yours,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Knowing today\u2019s the day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Nothing is more bittersweet,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Than knowing something you cherish,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Is about to end.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Marsh Caro<\/strong> is a junior majoring in Visual Arts. 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