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Rodolfo Gonzalez Oct 2013
Who among thee will try and stop me
If I were to commit acts of atrocities
The slaughter of men or derogation of women
The slander of peoples and violence towards them
Who here would take arms and intervene

Who of you has the courage to stand
Against a brother or a friend who intends to command
Despair and pain delivered in troves
Fear and terror that rattles the bones...

Who here shall fight to disarm my will
Foil my plans to insure my fate ill
Band against blood that once held us close
Relegate bonds and force death my dose
If I were to fall from the edge of moral sight
Could I depend on you, for justice, to fight?
Rodolfo Gonzalez Oct 2013
live this day not in waste
lest you forget beauty's grace
shame it'd be if you forgot the face
of every desire that man will chase
Rodolfo Gonzalez Oct 2013
What defines us?
the possessions we own
or the people we trust
the silk that we've sown
or our desires and lust
our actions in life
or the words before death
adversity and strife
or what took our last breath
are any of these valid?
like pieces of a salad
or are none true
like light to a shrew
is it motivation and drive
ambitions that makes us strive
for our goals before we lose time
and meet the end of our lives
must we dive
deep past the mind
in order to find
the secret shrine
that hides its kind
is my soul me?
or does it act like me
for you see this question diminishes
any desire in finishing
this extinguishing life
for if I know not who am
how will I know who to be
what if I am a stagnant man
or erratic like the sea
what if you put a brand
with which I do not agree
will I carry this image
for the rest of days
and who are you to judge
there is no merit in your say!
our view is our own
maybe Nietzsche was right
personal truth is our home
there is no need to fight
I am here and I am me
nothing else matters
may Descartes smile in death
for my illusion is shattered
Rodolfo Gonzalez Oct 2013
I watch the falling leaves
as they're carried by the breeze
and I capture and seize
the best meaning of free

May the flow of the sky
not simply pass by
for my heart needs no guide
but instead, a wave to ride
Rodolfo Gonzalez Oct 2013
I desire liberty at heart
though I am at liberty to say
that freedom doesn't start
nor does it end, per say
freedom is eternal
take it if you wish
but like a spark in an inferno
it is very easy to miss
It is difficult to grasp
the road can be tough
but behind its blatant mask
is a diamond in the rough
through shame and pain
I shall gain and obtain
the stain of fame
that guides my brain
and though time be my bane
I shall sustain this train
from now until cane
lest my efforts be in vain
Rodolfo Gonzalez Oct 2013
You
Happiness starts with you
to find you must look
but not in the things you do
nor in the pages of a book
but in what the mirror reflects
the depths of your soul
what you masks protect
the bottom of the bowl.
Strip it all
and see what you are
fear not the fall
for you aren't far
there is no map, no directions
you're not alone, we all start lost
you notice upon further inspection
the prize is worth any cost.
Love and fear
hatred and compassion
it's all here
together and compacted
your desires to feed or starve
to lie or stay true
these are permanent scars
and this world ends with you
Rodolfo Gonzalez Oct 2013
I am evil, I am darkness
I am sin, I am heartless
I am human
I am good, I am light
I am nice, I am bright
I am human
I am selfish, I am greedy
I am mean and take from the needy
I am giving, I am kind
take what you want, I really don't mind
I am human
I ****, I destroy
With these bomb i deploy
I heal, I save
A second chance is what i gave
I am human
I've won, I've lost
Through fire and frost
I was born with everything
I will die with nothing
For I am Human
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