My Voice Will Weigh On You

My voice will weigh on you.
Those were the last words my mother said to me before I left the city.
She didn’t say anything else and she hasn’t spoken to me since.
Not even after my father kept calling to tell me that this dream of acting is insane.
Not even when I got my first TV role.

After a couple of years even my father stopped calling.
It’s been so long I even forgot what they sound like.
I wrote letters telling them about my life but they never responded.
Family traditions vanished like they never existed.
Holiday cards were never sent.
Wedding seats remained empty.
Memories made with holes in them.
Even with all the book signings, the interviews, and the number of biographies about me there
was one question I could never answer.
What would my mother say?

By: German Brizo

German Jonathan Brizo Garcia was born in the Bay Area and has lived there his entire life. Coming from a Latinx family, he learned that being true to your passions should be of utmost importance in finding peace within yourself. He discovered that he was a writer, a reader, and an artist. He has been writing stories since kindergarten and developed a lasting fascination with storytelling — stories that bring readers into his mind, exploring loss, happiness, the warmth of love, and the mysteries surrounding it. He is currently an English student at California State University, East Bay, and plans to enter the publishing industry.