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Sep 21 · 32
Untitled
Shalo Sep 21
“You’re a lifesaver” he said to me, as I declared his wife dead.

He had seen her suffer too much, and I had been part of giving her peace, forever.
Aug 27 · 37
Yo sí me arrepiento
Shalo Aug 27
Me arrepiento de no bailar bajo la lluvia en el malecón, me arrepiento de no subirme en el tren y ver salir el sol en el lado este de Manhattan, me arrepiento de no salir a correr por la playa aquel dia en Las Terrenas y de no ir a bailar ese viernes al mismo sitio de siempre. Me arrepiento de tantos "no" y de pocos "si". Me arrepiento y siento que le he dicho "no" al placer del vivir.
Jul 30 · 151
Mi unicornio azul
Shalo Jul 30
"Mi unicornio azul ayer se me perdió",
Asi dice la canción, que desapareció.
"Y aunque tuviera dos, yo solo quiero aquel
Cien mil o un millon yo pagaré"

Si te contara de mi unicornio azul
Deberia especificar que él aún sigue aquí
Que no ha decidido irse, que no desapareció.
Te digo que es único, que solo lo quiero a él.

Al contarte de mi unicornio azul
Te abriera las puertas a mi corazón.
Te dijera que mi mayor miedo es
Tener que ser yo la que cante
"Se me ha perdido ayer, se fue".

Te hablara de sus ojos azules y piel clara.
Te contara de nuestros mejores momentos,
la mayoría durante mi infancia.
Te explicara que por él conocí Unicornio Azul
Y por el temo vivir lo que expresa la canción.
Jul 18 · 64
Island and city
Shalo Jul 18
Island girl born and raised in the most chaotic part of the land: the city.
Learned to be cold and distant but born to be calm and calid.
Born to love, to be surrounded by love; forced to come and go, no stop.
Island girl, hopeless romantic; city girl, obsessive worker.
Contradicting worlds; one girl, one soul.
Between the city and its surroundings, between the cold and the humid
Is there a choice to be made?
Or can my soul stay as it was bred? Can the calm be regained?
Amongst the clash of chaos and tranquil sea, can I be both and island and city devotee?
Feb 17 · 157
Not loving, not cold
Shalo Feb 17
Always between the loving and the cold hearted

Longing for a hug's warmth
Fearing the hugger's grasp

Longing for the taste of a kiss
Fearing the treason of the lips

Longing for company while fearing solitude
Fearing the heartbreak while longing for love
Feb 14 · 292
Tobacco, love and hate
Shalo Feb 14
I loved the absence of tobacco smoke
Until I realized it meant he was gone.

I loved the fresh breeze coming in through my window,
Until I realized it meant he was not behind the window smoking away.

It seems as if I loved the world when he was gone, but there was nothing more I wanted than being submerged in his love, tobacco smell and all.
Jan 30 · 96
Maybe
Shalo Jan 30
Between today and tomorrow there should be another day

to sit and wander what tomorrow will bring, to choose to change or leave today as it is, to fantasize about a better tomorrow and have enough time to work for it, to enjoy today and use the day-in-between as a bridge.

Maybe if there was a day between today and tomorrow, we would not fear the future so much, we would be able to face it more courage, be better prepared.

But maybe that day in-between would only serve for our ill-minds to fill up with more worries and doubt, maybe our minds will want to skip its uncertainty, maybe we would feel an ache in our hearts about what today was and what tomorrow might be, and maybe those extra hours would only lead to more cloudy thoughts about a clicking clock.

Maybe we should just live today and let tomorrow come and have its way. Maybe tomorrow should not be a taunting thought, but just another day to live, to breath. Maybe tomorrow isn't as bad, maybe today was ok.
Shalo Jan 5
“A dream is where it all begins..”, but what if the gift of dreaming was lost in ordinary tasks? What if checking off-to do lists and scrolling through the endless content of today’s media led the mind to forgo its ability to dream? What if now it can only fathom 10 sec-thoughts that cannot be considered ideas? What if there was no dream?

Where would life go if not led by the intensity of fulfilling one's own desires? What if there were no steps planned because there was no goal to achieve? What if the mind couldn't dream?

What if there was no "I" to have a dream? What does it take to build a dream? Where does it all begin?
About feeling lost in life. What now? Where now?
Nov 2017 · 391
I believe
Shalo Nov 2017
I believe that there's a future
I believe in hope
I believe in ever after
I believe in love

Troubles will come
And hearts will be broken
Pressure wont stop
And words'll stay unspoken

Yet I believe in miracles
And friendships never broken
I believe in Jesus
And His Cross that bares forgiveness
I believe that we are all people, and that respect is mutual. I believe in stating opinions, and tolerating others.

I believe in this community of  words written but not spoken, and I believe you.

So, please, dont get offended because you dont believe what I do. This is my opinion, and I know you have yours. You can state it if you will, with respect and toleration, since we are all people sharing our home with individual freedom...and (I hope) love.
Nov 2017 · 719
Hope
Shalo Nov 2017
Hope stands for happiness
Hope comes through love
Hope will make your path straight
Hope will make you whole

But where can I find hope?
Is it in a store, or in a church?
Is it inside me, or is it far away?
Can I find it if I have faith?

Hope that there's a future
That everything will be okay
Hope that things will get better
And the storms will fade away

But where can I find hope?
When and where will we meet?
In this life or in another?
Is it available for me?

Hope that I will smile
That troubles will stay away
Hope in myself and others
But, hope...
When will my waiting end?
Just a little poem I wrote today (nov 15,2017) while at school. It represents those who have no hope, who feel despaired.
Aug 2017 · 353
In this world with no end
Shalo Aug 2017
Who will take care of me?
Who will stand up for me?
No one has
Maybe no one will

I'm lonely
I'm afraid
Alone, so frightened
Of this world with no end.

There's evil to the right
Evil to the left
Evil everywhere
In this world with no end.

The past is bad
The present worse
The future uncertain
In this world with no end.

Alone, so frightened
I need help
But who will take care of me
In this world with no end?

No one has
Maybe no one will
Lonely and afraid
In this world with no end.
Dec, 2016
Aug 2017 · 339
Night Ended by Love
Shalo Aug 2017
When the night was finally over
When the dark had finally gone
When blood turned to water
And when lust was replaced by love

That's when the sun rose
And light was shining over all
When water refreshed our souls
And love was the force behind it all

This was the shortest time ever
As brief as a lightning's strike
As long as a bee's life
But as good as a happy ending after a ride of long downs.

This was when I had it all
And all meant I had you
When you and I were against the world
And not the world breaking our bond.

This is what I am longing for: the repetition of it all
My heart cries please come back
So that night can finally be over
And the sun can rise again
So that water refreshes our soul, instead of our souls drawning in blood
So that lust can be replaced by love
And love be the force behind it all.
One of my own favorites. Written in 2016

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