The waves are calling;
asking me to ride with it
as the sun sets down

Her name is Carla
She is my rock
The sight of her makes me feel
that everything is going to be OK
I will love her
until by last breath
She has given me her whole life
Everything she does
is always for my well-being
She loves me unconditionally
All throughout her life,
she has made sacrifices
just to make sure
that I'll be OK
We don't have
the perfect relationship
but it doesn't matter
because I love her so much
No one can take
that love away
because she is my mother
and she will always be
until the day I die

You left me
on a September night
right where we had
our first drink
I already saw it coming
You were cold
You always wanted to have
the talk
whenever I said
I love you
As if those words
didn't matter anymore
I wanted to believe
that the reason
you left
is for our own good
but I honestly don't know
if that's true
because it hurt so much
It hurts
that for a rare time
I chose
to be vulnerable,
it was for someone
like you
who chose a different path
You chose the path
of success
and obviously,
I wasn't gonna be
a part of it

Mediocrity
lair of the ordinary
Aim for excellence

There are times
when I want
to talk to someone
about poetry
but there is
no one around
No one to talk to
about the best metaphor
or about the right words
to express how I feel
I am all alone in this
Whenever I mention
about the written word,
I see a subtle smirk
on their faces and
that hurts so much
for someone who has
given his all
for the craft
It is a lot worse
than being stripped off
of all your clothing
It is being stripped off
of your very soul

My childhood was happiness
It wasn't perfect
It was actually bittersweet
but I was happy
The innocence of a child
As I grew up,
life smacked me
right across the face
I learned that life
will never be
what you planned it to be
It made me experience
tragedy,
happiness,
disappointment,
and pain;
lots of it
It made me stronger
and wiser
But if I will be given
the chance,
I would go back
to being
that kid again
because life
was so much simpler
back then