Poems:
Practical Application:
You're teaching me arithmetic,
You said it was your mission,
You kissed me once,
You kissed me twice and said,
"Now that's addition."
And as you added kiss by kiss
In silent satisfaction,
I sweetly gave the kisses back and said,
"Now that's subtraction."
Then you kissed me, and I kissed you,
Without an explanation,
And we smiled at each other and said,
"That's multiplication."
Then mom appeared upon the scene
And made a quick decision
She kicked you out the house and said,
"That's long division."
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Confused:
My knees start to shake,
When you're in sight.
My mind is filled with wonder,
My heart with fright.
When will this feeling stop?
When did it start?
How can I listen to my mind,
Without breaking my heart?
I'm so confused.
What should I do?
I can't think of anything,
Except you.
Should I ignore you,
Or just give it time?
I can't think straight,
My heart controls my mind.
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Inside:
Bottled up inside
Are the words I never said,
The feelings that I hide,
The lines you never read.
You can see it in my eyes,
Read it on my face:
Trapped inside are lies
Of the past I can't replace.
With memories that linger
Wont seem to go away.
Why can't I be happier?
Today's a brand new day.
Yesterdays are over,
Even though the hurting's not.
Nothing lasts forever,
I must cherish what I've got.
Don't take my love for granted,
For soon it will be gone
All you ever wanted
Of the love you thought you'd won.
The hurt I'm feeling now
Won't disappear overnight,
But someday, somehow,
Everything will turn out all right,
No more wishing for the past.
It wasn't meant to be.
It didn't seem to last,
So I have to set you free. |
I Need you Now:
My friend, I need you now
Please take me by the hand.
Stand by me in my hour of need,
Take time to understand.
Take my hand, dear friend,
And lead me from this place.
Chase away my doubts and fears,
Wipe the tears off from my face.
Friend, I cannot stand alone.
I need your hand to hold,
The warmth of your gentle touch
In my world that's grown so cold.
Please be a friend to me
And hold me day by day.
Because with your loving hand in mine,
I know we'll find the way. |
Changes:
"Friends forever," you promised.
"Together till the end."
We did everything with each other.
You were my best friend.
When I was sad, you were by my side.
When I was scared, you felt my fear.
You were my best support.
If I needed you, you were there.
You were the greatest friend,
You always knew what to say:
You made everything seem better.
As long as we had each other,
Everything would be ok.
But somewhere along the line,
We slowly came apart.
I was here, you were there,
It tore a hole in my heart.
Things were changing,
Our cheerful music reversed its tune.
It was like having salt without pepper,
A sun without a moon.
Suddenly we were miles apart,
Two different people, with nothing the same.
It was as if we hadn't been friends;
Although we knew deep in our hearts
Neither one of us was to blame.
You had made new friends
And luckily, so had I
But that didn't change the hurt,
The loss of our friendship made me cry.
As we grow older, things must change
But they don't always have to end.
Even though it's different, now,
You will always be my friend.
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It's Tough To Be A Teenager:
It's tough to be a teenager,
No one really knows
What the pressure is like in school,
This is how it goes.
I wake up every morning,
And stare into this face,
I wanna be good looking,
But I feel like a disgrace.
My friends they seem to like me,
If I follow through with their dare,
But when I try to be myself,
The never seem to care.
My mom, well she keeps saying,
I gotta make the grade
While both my parents love me,
It slowly seems to fade.
It seems like everyone I know
Is trying to be so cool
Ad every time I try,
I end up just a fool.
I've thought about taking drugs,
I really don't want to you know
But I just don't fit in,
And it's really starting to show.
Maybe if I could make the team,
I'll stand out in the crowd
If they could see how hard I try,
I know they would be proud.
You see I'm still a virgin,
My friends they can't find out
Cause if they knew the truth,
I know they'd laugh and shout.
Sometimes I'm really lost,
And wonder what to do,
I wonder where to go,
Who can I talk to.
It's tough to be a teenager,
Sometimes life's not fair
I wish I had somewhere to go,
And someone to CARE. |
My New Best Friend:
Today I met a great new friend
Who knew me right away
It was funny how he understood
All I had to say.
He listened to my problems
He listened to my dreams
We talked about love and life
He'd been there, too, it seems.
I never once felt judged by him
He knew just how I felt
He seemes to just accept me
And all the problems I'd been dealt.
He didn't interrupt me
Or need to have her say
He just listened very patiently
And didn't go away.
I wanted him to understand
How much this meant to me
But as I went to hug him
Something startled me.
I put my arms in front of me
And went to pull him nearer
And I realized that my new best friend
Was nothing but a mirror. |
Legal Alien:
Bi-lingual, bi-cultural,
able to slip from "How's life?"
to "Me estan volviendo loco,"
able to sit in a paneled office
drafting memos in smooth English,
able to order in fluent Spanish
at a Mexican restaurant,
American but hyphenated,
viewed by Anglos as perhaps exotic,
perhaps inferior, definitely different,
Viewed by Mexicans as alien,
thier eyes say, "You may speak
Spanish but you're not like me,"
an American to Mexicans
a Mexican to Americans
a handy token
sliding back and forth
between the fringes of both worlds
by smiling
by masking the discomfort
of being pre-judged
bi-laterally |
Thanks:
Well all I can say now is thank you for taking the time to read my work (that's if your actually did read it). I'm still not done with this page. There's still some other stuff I want to add to it. If you would like to have anything of yours included in my web page just send it over to me so I can add it on. Laterz |
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