Fernando E. E. Correa González

robbery

i entered my house

& the cops were everywhere

tomando huellas

a ver quienes cometieron los actos.

i walked into my room

& the cops were still there,

i had nothing of value

or at least nothing that could amount to much

so nothing was stolen.

but when i stepped out of my room,

there was mom

crying her eyes out

knowing her engagement ring

& other emotionally valuable items had been stolen.

i didn't know what to do at the moment,

so i just stepped back

& asked myself how this had all happened

& if we would be safe in the future.

Fernando E. E. Correa González is a self-published poet of over 20 books of poetry, or as he calls it poetría. Currently, he is an M.A.E.E. student at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. When not writing he likes to work in film, photography and any artform he can.