What you can’t tell by looking at me…
is that i wish you could see what i see
but because you don’t you go ahead and without thinking twice,
you point the finger of judgement at me
and through your eyes you think of me as a criminal, illegal, poor
you don’t even question what is deeper inside besides the color of my skin
I wish you could see how much this hurts me
because maybe this isn’t your fault
that you were brought up to see corruption, drugs, violence
but listen to me, and trust me that there is another world out there
one story, one you have yet to hear
and i hope you find some way to appreciate it
until you feel the pain from our struggle
to make you think any different.
make you think I am not less than you
There are so many things you cannot see
this is my culture, soy hispana y orgullosa
and these are my people
my people, who are more than you think they are
for they are doctors, innovators, mathematicians, even scientists
you see, there are many things you have not seen, this is only the beginning
My people struggle for strength
nunca te dejes vencer, porque el triunfo puede estar de la esquina as my mother tells me
because pride is what keeps our will to fight going
it is what makes us want to make a change, una cambio
change your perception from rapists, homeless and corrupt
to normal everyday people
….
i hope one day you are able to see past the color of my skin
and to accept what is there
to know that we are not criminals, or crazed animals than what you set us out to be
no, we are more than that
we are human beings… just like you
Oct 3, 2015
Oct 3, 2015 at 12:09 AM UTC
The day I found out about you
You lit my face like constellations light up the night sky
Patiently waiting for nine months to go by
My mom received a called
And within a blink of an eye and four and a half hours later
You came into this world
And it was like suddenly you became the center of my whole world
And you know it's funny how someone so young
Can make an impact on someone so much older
But the moment doctors said "he has disinflated heart valve"
At that very moment it felt like my own heart was torn in two
And I asked God why did you take this fragile human being
With small hands who can not possibly bare to hold all this pain and misery
But from that point on, you became a little soldier
fighting your own battle between life and death
Not knowing what the outcome would be
Because you were only a day old
But the day you went under
You were all alone and you fought and fought and fought
Until you finally won the fight
Until you could finally sought the day where you will open your eyes once more
And feel the ray of sun touch your soft pale skin
and even though you won the battle you still have a war to go up against
But I just want you to know you won't have to fight alone anymore
Jan 25, 2015
Jan 25, 2015 at 12:20 AM UTC
Found dying flowers
they reminded me of us
withering away
Jan 11, 2015
Jan 11, 2015 at 9:15 AM UTC
my 3 am thoughts wander the night and find you,
but then i realize that your love was never mine
but to that girl who are your 3 am thoughts
And who you now tell that you've been waiting for her
since the crack of dawn to the break of day
because i'm sitting here in the pouring rain
and you don't even seem to take notice
because while your saying those i miss yous and i love yous to her
i think about the time when those i miss yous and i love yous once belonged to me
And that they slipped like water through my fingers
the empty spaces between my fingers
linger where yours use to fill
and fit so perfectly like puzzle pieces
because i'm still stuck on you
coming on to day two, soon comes week three
after that month four, when will this torture end
Jan 9, 2015
Jan 9, 2015 at 1:47 AM UTC
*Out of the blue i fell head over heels for you
and I knew that I was falling into this inevitable feeling called love
you spoke of nothing but lust filled words
that made me believe the illusion was real
I tell myself "why did it happened to be you?"
the more I think about you,
the more my heart aches
because I know that your heart won't ever belong to me.*
Dec 4, 2014
Dec 4, 2014 at 9:19 PM UTC
They told me I would never make it because of the color my skin
they thought they were right
Only because a statistic says “nearly one in five Hispanics still attend high school”
because these so called facts, are meant to terrify me
But I keep moving forward,
because I won’t let these facts define who I am
nor will I let anyone tell me I can’t achieve anything in life,
because the color of my skin limits me.
but here I stand with my head held high
accomplishing what they said i couldn't
because of the color of my skin
Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 10:37 PM UTC
What am I suppose to do now that you left?
You were my source of living,
and ever since you walked out my life
I feel like I'm drowning in my own sorrows
How can you leave me like this,
all broken, and confused.
You never even gave us a chance.
You used me
took all my love until I had none left over.
Now that I was left like this
I don't know whether or not I can love once more
if I do, I know that it's false love
because all I wanted was just you
and only you.
but you left me.
Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 11:40 AM UTC
you know who you are.
I could never hate you. I love you so much. I hate being apart. I fell more in love with you everyday, I feel like I'm practically lost without you. but maybe I need to be. as much I as I hate bring apart maybe we need this. I'm just scared that I will never actually get to see your face, hold your hand, or be with you. all that love just never to be fulfilled. I'm scared of not being apart of your life anymore. I'm scared. I'm sorry.
Oct 30, 2014
Oct 30, 2014 at 12:42 AM UTC
I crave your kiss
that drive me insane
I crave your skin lingering on mines
when I'm feeling lonesome at 2 in the morning
I crave those eyes that gaze into mines
looking deep into my broken soul
I crave for you to call my own
But I crave for you to call me your own
Oct 6, 2014
Oct 6, 2014 at 11:24 AM UTC
and live the leaves,
fall for autumn
I fall for you
Sep 14, 2014
Sep 14, 2014 at 12:22 PM UTC