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Nov 2010 · 669
Feelings' Reality
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
Its been years, its been years
Almost there but not nearly out
The future is left in suspense due to fears

A glass vacuum is filled with good feelings
And happiness seems to cozen time
As the mind is caught in memory's vine
The unstable balance of it threatens to falter and topple

How well will this wonder withstand
The hard hits of reality as it strike the inside over and over again
More and more cracks over time
Deepen and seep in right into the core
Threatening to bring fears in

The glass vacuum will shatter
Intoxicating good feelings with realities
And the suspension of time will be absorbed by worries
It will simply rot the stillness that remains
June 24, 2010
Nov 2010 · 586
Four Years
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
It's been only four years
Of your life, passing on by

You came awkward and shy
What to say, which way to go
You didn't know
What everything was about

Now your on your way out
And everything seems clear

It's been only four years
Of your life, passing on by

Each year you grew
And you grew a little more
That smile no longer confound
You made friends
who were fond of you

This school was full of them
Friends for life and more

It's been only four years
Of your life, passing on by

It feels like a lifetime to some
And others are ready to run
But no one will forget
All the good times that have gone

Hilarious, sad, profound
Memories were behind every corner
Unforgettable people talking to us
Their face will be
cemented in our minds

It's been only four years
Of your life, passing on by

And great teachers were always
Pushing you beyond
putting seeds in your mind
Now your ready to harvest
The ideas that fill your mind

These have only been four years
  a temporary settlement
In our life
Beautiful times flying on by

Now it's time to enter
The rest of our lifetime
Making a difference,
Surely in our mind
June 24, 2010
Nov 2010 · 2.4k
Reminiscing in Time
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
I sit in the future
Looking back at the past
Reminiscing about what is now
Tomorrow will be no longer

I'm nostalgic about
What has not yet ended
Because who knows
How good tomorrow will be

I try to rejoice in the moment
But I can't help realize
Time is flying by fast

I want to forever live
In this joy and this laughter
But what will happen tomorrow
When it all changes

I sit in the future
Looking back at the past
Reminiscing about what is now
Tomorrow will be no longer

I'm nostalgic about
The friendships and loves that I had
Because who knows
Where tomorrow they'll be

I try to rejoice in their presence
But I can't help realize
That soon we'll all be going separate ways

Now, I sit in the present
Frustrated about a future
A future which I don't know
Where it will lead
2009
Nov 2010 · 854
The Target
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
My love is the stone
And your heart is the target

I aim at it fast
But you dodge it

I throw, I throw and I miss
You giggle, you laugh and you tease

The stone keeps hitting the ground
It keeps falling before you all around
Brazen arrow keeps shooting
I stop and my heart is oozing
June 1 2009
Nov 2010 · 1.6k
The Troubled Boy
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
One midnight up
The man to be, the troubled boy
woke up feeling sully, undignified

Vexed by an unwavering
Storm in his mind,
Torn, tired and tearful at last
About the facade he portrays

Good actions, he wants shown
But are being overtaken, over-showed
By chagrin from wanton tendencies

Hope he is not giving up
Maybe he'll let go of it all
Take over his life and forget it all
Become an honest man and move on

The troubled boy wants help
Distraught of mind, peace has dwindled from within him

Pulsating reminders of who he wants to be
Try to revert the lost boy back to the right path

But a transition is taking root
Forcing a recognition of accepting to
Live a life only one way, disclosed

Must facades come tumbling down
And hiding faces shown light
Or
Must hiding faces be buried up
And facades become true sights

The troubled boy will decide
December 2009
Nov 2010 · 528
Alone
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
I feel alone
In this battle
Hope is a mere passage
In my life's times

Don't know who to turn to
What if I'm going at it alone
Don't know who to turn to
What if they label me wrong

Never wanted to be this way
But my feelings don't give a ****
Have to stop at some point
Take a way and leave the other
My mind murmurs more
As time moves on

Don't know who to turn to
What if I'm going at it alone
Don't know who to turn to
What if they judge me wrong

Always striven to live a good life
So I fight with my emotions
But every time I stop
To go the righteous way
I mess up, falter, get stuck again

It's back to the warfare in my mind
Infiltrating most thoughts going on by

I feel all alone
In this battle
Hope it'll soon be over
Don't want any casualties
To injure a good man
December 2009
Nov 2010 · 1.1k
El Ultimo Petalo
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
Tengo un petalo
De la primera vez que te vi
Una sola flor te di
Todo lo que degaste
Fue el auroma de gardenias
Y unos petalos que con el viento
Volaron y flotaron hacia mi

Y el tiempo paso
Pero tu no regresabas a mi
Nadamas sostenia los petalos
Pensando ala mejor podria sentirte a ti
Y tu fragancia regresaba por ahi
En ese momento con nostalgia
Pensaba por que tu no estas aqui

Y el tiempo paso
Los petalos se secaron y volaron lejos
Por desasos como tu memoria
Corrieron sin poderlos rescatar

Y ahora tengo un solo petalo
De la primera vez que te vi
Es el ultimo que quedo
Los demas el viento llevo

Ultimo petalo tambien
Casi desaparecio con tu memoria
Pero inevitable mi corazon
Nunca olvidara to fragrancia
Siempre te conservara
Cuando un petalo caiga cerca de mi
Nov 2010 · 465
Such A Fate
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
There’s a way, there’s a way

It’s a cable bridge, brittle and diminishing

Still people keep crossing on
'Till those cables may finally brake


Some lose their lives, while others scared, head back
And just a few make it to
The land of freedom

It is beautiful, it’s enticing
Won’t you come risk your life for a dream?
Just keep on crossing, no matter if you lose your step

Keep on moving
Until those doors no longer show a crack

For those inside, those that live
With uncertainty

They will come to see
A change, a shift in fortunes

When judgments made, decision taken
Will determine how dreams unfold

We will see, we will see
If the blood, sweat, and tears
Running down our cheeks
Will endure the infinite fight
© February 13, 2010. Emanuel Martinez
Nov 2010 · 919
Beautiful life
Emanuel Martinez Nov 2010
Beautiful life
Is not appreciated
By those who live it

Abundant freedom
Is overrated
By those who’ve always had it

Reigning Peace
Is overlooked
By those who wage a war to keep it intact

True Love
Is degraded
By cheaters and liars

But those who suffer through the horrors of the world
Cherish every small beautiful moment
Thinking that such incidents are scarce

Those who don’t have a say in the outcome of their live
Yearn to be released from their chains
While, others conformed but unhappy
Fail to know the full meaning of freedom

Those who live in oppression and fear
Wish it could be over, but some have never felt peace

Those who need someone to love them
Are left alone, trying not to give up the fight
But they just can’t seem to love themselves

Beautiful life
Beautiful life
Let them have a beautiful life.

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