Inside You (Translated From Spanish)

I know what you must be thinking
where does it come from
inside you
you couldn't hide it if you tried
not from me anyway
I know it when I see it
it began with my great grandmother
then my grandmother
my mother
and now you
but it doesn't matter how many times I tell you
or how many poems I write with you in mind
you have to believe in yourself
in order to see it for yourself
pain exists
but your tears can deal with the pain 
you're built to endure
so don't choose to suffer
when you have everything you need 
inside you
that's where your strength comes from
without a doubt
so why think about the question 
when you've always been the answer

© 2014

White With Gold

I've seen it so many times before

but I thought it was my eyes playing tricks on me

see when you're in a room that's dark

your eyes can see even a little spark

it was something I never thought I would mention

so I didn't pay it too much attention

as time passed it became brighter

and I became less of a fighter

less resistant

and more persistent

I wanted to see it again

please forgive me

as I never had the honor of seeing you in ivory

and back then I was blocking my energy

so I couldn't hear my inner G

when he was speaking to me

I didn't think I would ever learn

nor did I think you would ever return

my angel

God's angel

what was it that I saw anyway

that made me so nervous to see you on that day

I had so much I needed to say to you

now I'm just wondering if you've seen it too

it's white with gold

it's your aura

maybe now I hope you'll understand

and if not all you have to do is look at your hand

© 2014

Hope: The Cure For Insomnia

It's hard to believe I'm still awake

thinking about the chances I didn't take

right about now I should be sleeping

but I can't with all this weeping

as if crying has done me any favors

I've probably disturbed the neighbors

Lord knows what they're thinking 

maybe that I've been drinking 
but that should come as no surprise 
I'd do anything to rest these eyes 

really it's my mind that needs the break 
thinking about the chances I didn't take 
how can I sleep with that on my heart 
to do nothing was cowardly on my part
I can only hope that everything will be all right
maybe I do deserve to be up all night 
but I can't begin the process of healing 
if I always find myself staring at the ceiling
it's just these feelings I can't seem to shake
thinking about the chances I didn't take 
they say too much of anything is a sin
but hopefully I'll get the chance again 
then it won't be as bad as it seems
because I'll do it the way I see it in my dreams

© 2014

Running Water

I always seem to find the perfect place 
where I can hide my face
disguising my tears as running water
when really I'm doing what I've done for years
which is try to run away from my fears
but I'll just keep my head down 
as I attempt to drown myself in sorrow
wondering if today is a preview of tomorrow
that is if there is a tomorrow
because the time we barrow makes no promises
none it can keep anyway 
so knowing that I could go at any day
I'm still sitting here 
disguising my tears as running water
imagining rain 
and that somehow it would wash away my pain
but it doesn't 
it's there for me to see
how can that be
because it doesn't matter how much water falls
if I don't start trying
what's to stop my soul from dying
so maybe it's time to start living
and stop running

© 2014

Play On Words Haiku

One piece of advice;

don't chase the dream if you're not

prepared to catch her.

© 2014

That's Enough (City Lights)

Lost in the city lights
so colorful 
each one a possibility 
what a beautiful distraction
now they're like paparazzi 
capturing our pain
revealing our suffering
exposing our truth 
violence 
death
injustice
so much has been seen
yet very little has been done
nobody's smiling
no one feels safe 
nothing seems real
we're no longer enamored 
the beauty's gone 
we've gone from lost 
to blind
blinded by the city lights
each one a memory
they've shown us so much
please turn them off

© 2014

Embrace Haiku

You've always had Light;
you had to be the first one 
to accept it.

© 2014