Wilderness

By
Juan Manuel Perez
– December 7, 2011Posted in: Local Writers & Poets

Wilderness

Is the city
Not where I’m from
Not where I like to be
Yet, I have friends there
So I go there
Always with the same message
That I am rich with space
That I am rich with peace
And with peace I leave you
In your wilderness of a city

JuanMPerez.com

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About Juan Manuel Perez

2011-2012 Poet Laureate for the San Antonio Poets Association, Juan Manuel Perez is a native of La Pryor, Texas, and son to second Generation Mexican-Americans. He is also a former Navy/Marine Medic and currently a high school history teacher. Juan served in the First Gulf War earning the title of combat medic and extending his expertise to civilians in Florida in 1992 during the Hurricane Andrew operation. He enjoys reading and writing prose and poetry and poetry about Mexican culture, history, horror, science fiction, and his beloved comic books. He is also the author of 6 chapbooks including BENEATH THE TIGHTS (2006), WITHIN THE FUNNY COLORED PAGES (2006), and the SPIRIT OF MOTECUHZOMA II, 2nd. ed. (2006). The author is also a member of the San Antonio Poets Association, San Angelo Writers' Club, and the Science Fiction Poetry Association.