Spring of Aging

By Chastity Hernandez

Chastity Hernandez makes her poetry debut with a personal and intimate collection of poems spanning years throughout her youth. Spring of Aging explores a myriad of raw emotions and thoughts experienced by the author in a relatable and curious way. Spring of Aging brings you along on a heartfelt journey of self-acceptance, heartbreak, grief, mental illness, and new love.

Spring of Aging began at the author’s age of 14 and has been completed at the age of 22. The collection embraces and comes to terms with different situations in life and hopes to comfort and resonate with readers who are experiencing similar emotions and hardships. We hope at least one of these poems reaches you in a meaningful way and leaves you feeling understood, represented, and at ease. Each poem was put together in a vulnerable and brutally honest state that the author hopes readers can come back to again and again.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Apr 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781641820042

Chastity Hernandez

Chastity Hernandez is a poet and author who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a licensed esthetician and certified eyelash technician. Chastity favorite things to do besides reading and writing are watching movies, snuggling her chihuahuas, and going to Trader Joe’s. She also has an unhealthy addiction to tea, candles, and soft blankets.

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About the Author

Chastity Hernandez is a poet and author who resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a licensed esthetician and certified eyelash technician. Chastity favorite things to do besides reading and writing are watching movies, snuggling her chihuahuas, and going to Trader Joe’s. She also has an unhealthy addiction to tea, candles, and soft blankets.

Dedication

I’d like to dedicate this book to my mother, who gave me her creativity and complex emotions. My father, who raised me to work hard for the things I want in life, and Steve who taught me that new beginnings are never out of reach I love you.

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Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication data

Hernandez, Chastity

Spring of Aging

ISBN 9781645362289 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781641820042 (ePub e-book)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023904306

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First Published 2023

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Acknowledgment

I want to thank Austin Macauley, for making my dreams come true and bringing my book to life. It means the world to me.

Wednesday Afternoon

Wednesday

Afternoon

The air was cool

And I looked like a fool

You brushed the hair away from my face

And said to me,

Don’t run or I’ll chase

You always tried to keep me close

I regret the path that I chose

I was oblivious

And it broke us apart

For that I am sorry

And I will never forget

As long as you don’t continue to pretend

As if you never knew me

Or as if you never held me

Please don’t pretend

it hurts to think about it

And it hurts to write about it

Please go back

To Wednesday

Afternoon

Warm Sweaters

You are soft and warm

Hugging you is like embracing starlight

Being with you is like holding sunshine

Talking with you is like eating clouds

Hearing your voice is like listening to the soundtrack of life

Touching you is like feeling crisp autumn weather at the perfect temperature

Inhaling your scent is like breathing in every beautifully fragranced flower to exist, all at once

Kissing you is like having honey drizzled on my tongue

Feeling your skin is like touching the silkiest of satin sheets

Ruffling your hair is like throwing rose petals down an aisle at a wedding

Holding on to your arm is like grasping onto a life preserver

Looking at you is like seeing the Seven Wonders of the World in one place

9 PM in the Rain

It was late at night

When I saw you walking

Outside in the rain

With her arm linked in yours

It was 9:13 PM

If I remember correctly,

And I am positive that I do

When I noticed you bend down

And start to tie her shoe

She was holding the umbrella

The one I gave to you

Her hair was cut short

And your outfit, brand new

She is who I wish I could be

She is someone that you must hide from me

She is who you’re dreaming about

When you are at home, kissing me

She is the person who makes you smile

When you see things that remind you of her

She is who you are going to see

When you must work late

On New Year’s Eve

Pretty All the Time

You are pretty all the time

You are flawless when you drink wine

You are gorgeous in my mind

You are ethereal because you are mine

You are the cleverest in the land

You look the happiest when you are holding my hand

You shine brighter than a silver band

And although my heart is aching,

Still you stand

You are majestic with the wind

You remain my greatest sin

You are the curtains I have pinned

You are the secrets down within

You are intuitive with the earth

You see things I have only heard

You are God’s most precious birth

You are more than I am worth

Hello, Honey

Hello, Honey

Did you miss me?

I am standing here and I’m so happy

Your hair is all bed-headed and nappy

I want to run my fingers through it

Hello, Honey

It’s nice to see you again

I’ll order you a cup of coffee

And we’ll talk about the past

Time is going by far too fast

Hello, Honey

Do I look as you remember me?

I’ve matured and so have you

Your favorite color used to be blue,

But now you’re telling