Daisy C. Fernandez

Huntsville, AL

Daisy writes poetry as a hobby. She is a social worker who works in child abuse and neglect prevention with the ARC of Madison County and the Children's Trust Fund of Alabama. She is an active member of her church and has two children. Daisy has had her poetry published by The National Library of Poetry and has received two Editors Choice Awards. She is publishing a collection poetry entitled Out of the Shadows and is now working on a manuscript. Daisy says, "Writing poetry helps me be the best I can be, loving God, my family, my country and my fellow men."

Love Won't Be A Stranger

Love won't be a stranger if you open your hearts
You meet casually, you talk, just don't rush.
Love will grow if you are right for each other
If you trust each other, it will grow.

Sunday afternoons you will walk in the park holding hands
As the night approaches and the stars shine above you
He will softly kiss your lips, his arms around you, close to his heart
True love you will know as you become one

Remember what matters is what is in your hearts
Is it greed, ambition, do you seek security?
Or are you searching for a heart that unconditionally loves
Love won't be a stranger if your hearts are open and trust

My People Are Not Free

Where was I born? In a Caribbean Island,
Cuba, "The Pearl of the Antilles," said Christopher Columbus.
It is beautiful, indeed, but my people are not free.
They don't have the freedom to vote or to speak.
There is hunger and there is pain,
All because of a ruthless man who refuses to change.
How many have died and how many more will?
The world just watches; nothing has been done.
I remember how we used to dance and sing.
There is sadness and there are tears.
We pray and we wait for freedom to touch their lives again.