Writer. Poet. Photographer. I travel to chase beauty ~ collecting colors, textures, and moments that spark inspiration. My work brings together words and images to tell stories that move, transform, and connect us to the wonder of the world. If my words or images have brought you beauty or inspiration, you're welcome to support my creative journey. I accept donations through Venmo @estellathetravellingpoet ~Thank you for your generosity~
Saturday, July 21, 2018
Monday, April 30, 2018
I Have Not Been Perfect
Today I realized that I have never reached perfection.
No matter how hard I tried,
no matter the endless face masks,
unfulfilling liquid diets,
exhausting exercise plans,
lonely soul searching weekend getaways,
chapters and chapters of dust covered books,
tearjerking love stories to move me,
perfection was never achieved.
My skin never looked flawless,
my body never acquired the perfect weight or curve,
tranquility and peace did not reside in my mind,
words on pages seemed empty and pretentious,
and love never ever reached my shore.
So finally, I have concluded that
up until now perfection has not defined me.
No matter how hard I tried,
I have not been perfect.
Friday, April 20, 2018
Saturday, April 14, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
HOPE
A ray of light has been leading my path,
always there watching over me.
I never looked for the beam.
Thought I was walking in shadows,
instead my road was predetermined,
with ghosts guiding the way.
Monday, January 1, 2018
Borrowed Words
I borrowed a poem to start an adventure.
Its true meaning I didn't quite understand but still made it my own.
I didn't know where it'd take me, I didn't care for how long,
I just journeyed in character far from the one I had known.
Somewhere along the pathway, I felt my footing off.
I couldn't describe the sensation except to say my steps seemed broken.
Each move that I took brought me further from a lifeline
and the further I went I saw nothing of me.

So here I am admitting that borrowed words like borrowed lives have no meaning.
The words we use to feed our souls, our hopes and dreams cannot belong to someone else.
The light that shines out from within all of us shoots out in different angles,
but the truest and purest light is found inside the most unpretentious and uncomplicated souls.
This new year I follow my own voice.
With humility I bow to shed the words that were not mine
and place them back where I first found them.
This is me in a perfect state of imperfection wishing all of you in my own words love.
Saturday, December 9, 2017
I Love Our Distance
It allows me to breathe but still feel connected.
It gives me comfort when I look up at the moon to see you staring back my way.
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It's chaos and serenity all in one.
What the Universe created is just us.
It's who we are, it's who we have been throughout eternity.
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Waiting Just For You
Waiting
for the day you come into my life,
my heart is swept away,
I find you by my side smiling.
Waiting
for the day I reach out to hold your hand,
I feel your tender touch,
I have you next to me caring.
Waiting
for the day I feel the safety of your arms,
laughter fills my life,
I float into a perfect state of happiness.
Waiting just for you.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Mi Amorcito
I was just thinking of how different life might have been.
Moments slipped by so fast, so many lost and forgotten.
Nothing truly captured, reality sadly erased with time.
Here we are now holding on to the seconds of life.
Trying to feel the heartbeats, keeping the tears inside our minds.
Wishing the journey had lasted longer, maybe with gentler kinder waves.
I know you're still here loving me with all that you have.
It's just that a part of you is trapped unable to communicate your love.
This loss has me lost and frightened, desperately yearning for the clock to rewind.
All I want is for you to know and understand how much I love you.
That we are eternally connected by something greater than life.
Without you, I lose myself and slowly cease to exist.
I know these words are too late and meaningless now.
I just thought I had plenty of time to say them.
I hope you feel them somehow and know that my heart is forever with you.
Happy Mother's Day mi amorcito - I am always here for you.
Monday, May 1, 2017
Wherever Here Is
Ok, so I don't know where here is.
Seems simple enough a statement but has me wandering under bridges.
Is here before or after you?
Is here my mind, my body or my soul?
Tough to figure out wherever here is.
I thought I knew, I thought it was clear enough,
but I don't seem to know a thing anymore.
I figure it's alright not to know, to float, to dream,
to live in two parallel worlds.
Wherever here is, now seems to be suspended
somewhere between me and you.
Saturday, March 25, 2017
I'm Racing
Rhythm lost, conformity dead, sword broken
Cobwebs imprison my mind grounded
Something's missing, can't place it. can't grasp it
Racing the darkness before it arrives
Keeping in shadows layering armor
I'm racing
Shielding life
Exhausted by people who walk with the purpose of stepping off cliffs
Discouraged by those I find sitting on ledges
Wordless disappointment, unexplainable loss
Chasing moon drops for a sign
Waiting for answers to unfold
I'm Racing
Cobwebs imprison my mind grounded
Something's missing, can't place it. can't grasp it
Racing the darkness before it arrives
Keeping in shadows layering armor
I'm racing
Shielding life
Exhausted by people who walk with the purpose of stepping off cliffs
Discouraged by those I find sitting on ledges
Wordless disappointment, unexplainable loss
Chasing moon drops for a sign
Waiting for answers to unfold
I'm Racing
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Dearest Love
Dearest love,
I am writing to let you know that I have missed you.
Sometimes when it's really quiet I hear the sound of your voice in my head.
Other times for no reason at all your image flashes before me.
I wish that I had hugged you when I said goodbye, held you close for one last time.
I wish that I had told you that I loved you dearly, but words escaped me as I ran.
I never knew how to truly believe, how to stop to be loved.
I never felt forever was in me, that peace could occupy my soul.
So today I decided to write and let you know that you're still living inside me,
deeply engraved in every crevice of my heart.
As for me I seem to be somewhere between the earth and the howling wind,
still unsettled, still at war, still unable to come find you.
I hope you understand.
For now just know that I carry you with me everywhere I go,
and maybe one day the paths that pulled us apart might bring us together again.
I love you.
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Forever Changed
Never a straight line is the path down a mountain.
The rock falling will encounter obstacles that will hinder its descent.
Rubbing it, blocking it, redirecting it little by little wearing it down.
Sadly the journey will not be without its countless scars.
Some rocks will get stuck in the grooves along the way, ending their trip.
Some will be shattered beyond recognition and form, while others
will be softened with each blow made to lose their shimmering edge.
But no matter the downward course, all will be forever changed.
No rock will ever be as it was, leaving in its place
fragmented pieces of what once stood high.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Eternally Beating
Eternal is the heart,
that never finds its peace.
that never finds its peace.
Beating through decay it festers,
twisting, squeezing inside its lifeless tomb.
twisting, squeezing inside its lifeless tomb.
Replaying phrases, words and meanings,
reliving flashes that brought upon demise.
Nothing but echoes left to ripple,
back, forth, forever throughout the ends of time.
reliving flashes that brought upon demise.
Nothing but echoes left to ripple,
back, forth, forever throughout the ends of time.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Time
so much unsaid, so much undone.
Floating somewhere between
yesterday and tomorrow.
Looking for today to unravel
itself through the wind.
Feeling the loss of the moment past
and the moment that will never come to be.
Needing time to freeze until
I finally figure out this ride called life.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Home To You
I lost the fire to my soul,
somewhere in time.
Since then it has been wandering centuries
looking to find and inhale yours.
The stars are not as bright and
the Sun never burns my skin anymore.
Looking for your essence
in the empty eyes of strangers,
feeling for your presence
under each and every stone,
endlessly I wander,
to feel the fire of your touch.
Hopelessly needing to hear the universe,
through the whispers of your voice.
Alas, long and weary is the road
that leads me home to you.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Opening the Door to Life
With light I travel on the path that I carve.
How funny to wander running circles in the mind,
waiting for time to clear the clutter filling up the habits of the daily grind.
moving towards shiny moon drops, like a new born yearning strong.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Lost With You
Timeless moments spent roaming in search of eternal flames.
Thirsty for the unattainable and aching for the treasures hidden inside the walls.
Breathless and determined we wandered losing ourselves in the maze of life.
This I carry back as I cross over into my universe, my time, my life.
I carry within me the rubble that captured my heart in a city lost with you.
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Lost In Translation
The world is a marvel
to cherish, to love.
Its people descendants
of gods all above.
How hard is it really
to reach out a hand?
To comfort the needy
to nourish their land.
Is peace just an imagine
in some off dreamland?
Or will we cross over
revolt and finally disband?
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Crossroad
The button that I pushed,
found its way across to you.
It was simple misdirection,
not pure quantum calculation.
Didn't think about the journey,
nor the stops along each day.
Just kept looking for more buttons,
to keep doors and paths your way.
The conspiracy to journey,
to defy an act of fate,
brought the voyage to an ending,
through a windless sailing state.
So I stopped and took a breather,
at a crossroad found a row.
at a crossroad found a row.
Felt a loss of something greater,
but knew time had lost its glow.
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