Age

Age, a number, an alternative
A time tool to measure
Or passage
Some return to days gone by
Others mature and wither 'way
Ignored, others ridicule and laugh
While some capture and elate
Age a preference, age a choice


Ain't Enuf

Feeling, caring, knowing
Ain't enuf ...
B.F.F'n it
Ain't enuf ...
Family, a home, a shelter
Ain't enuf ...
Blood making families
Ain't enuf ...
'member
Ain't enuf ...
"Sorry, sorry, sorry"
Ain't enuf ...
Love defin'n us
Ain't enuf ...
Me belonging to you
You belonging to me
Is ...


Ain't No Comin' Back ...

Released from her loins
I wasn't going back
Comforted and nurtured
I wasn't going back
Cultured and raised
I wasn't going back
Educated and socialized
I wasn't going back
Trained and invested
I wasn't going back
Passing time
I wasn't going back
No ills, no bills
I wasn't going back
Soaring high or crashing down
I wasn't coming back


America's Flag

We live and die by it
Why?
To be stepped on,
Spat on,
Ignored
Set on fire,
Or called second class
Not mine,
At least not mine
Yet, ignorance rules
Yet, choices influence actions
Yet, it's here where I chose to be
To speak one's mind
To express one's self,
Even protesting at our nation's steps.
It's here where I am F R E E
Here
Here by OUR flag


Appreciation

Effective evolution
Succeeding processes, ignoring failures
Securing individuality and creativity
Surfacing mutations
Removing normalcy
Removing life
Its memory
Its misery
Its beauty
Capturing its happiness
Capturing the soul
Capturing the spirit
Knowing you
Knowing me
Knowing me
Knowing you
Releasing me
Releasing you
Appreciation


Blocked and Untouched ...

It was an age of enlightenment
Blocked and untouched ...
Creating character and flaws
Growing in maturity or in neglect
Blocked and untouched ...
Raising ignorance or thought
Animating movement and freedom
Blocked and untouched ...
Pursuing gains and advances
Through the challenges of the superiors, inferiors or peers
Blocked and untouched ...
Yet lost in a World of Ups and Down
This Age of Consent
Blocked and untouched ...


Brothers & Sisters

Made from unconditional love
I am a child with purpose
Playing, laughing, and crying
I am a child with purpose
Rising to survive
I am a child with purpose
Birthing Baby Boomers, Love – Peace, & Generation X
I am a child with purpose
Remaining members of the Greatest Generation
I am a child with purpose
Repenting and forgiving brothers and sisters
I am a child with purpose
Kati, Ofelia, Lydia, Gila, Fidel, Ismael, Gloria, Xochitl & Frank
I am a child with purpose


Centered

So many roads untraveled
So many riddles unsolved
Bewildered, confused or puzzled
I am centered
Socially, emotionally, or academically
I will not settle for less
I am centered
Responsible and rounded
I am centered
Encouraged rather than discouraged
I will continue
To be centered


Challenges

So many wrongs
So few rights
Ashamed of what I've done
Maybe yes? Maybe no?
Always a part of me
A page never turned
A book never closed
The rose unfinished
Always a memory
Always a dream


Children of Candor ...

A youthful word
A childish smile
And an OMG in disbelief
Being obscured and sincere
These babes cried out
Energized and spirited
"I pledge allegiance ..." and "... land of liberty ..."
Forming influential & impressionable minds
These children of candor, of innocence
Compromising our standards
Agreeing on their stares
Or awaiting their glares


Communicate

Respect vs trust vs love
Communicate - Communication ...
Fascination vs joy vs laughter
Communicate - Communication ...
Sadness vs emotion vs death
Communicate - Communication ...
Self-reliance vs memory vs art
Communicate - Communication ...
Intensity vs anger vs maturity
Communicate - Communication ...
Child vs adolescence vs adulthood
Communicate - Communication ...


Confused

No puedo (no, I can't)
si, si puede (yes, it can be done)
What words
What power
What an impact
Yet ignored
Yet misunderstood
Y siempre confundido (and always confused)


Connections ...

Channeling days, weeks, & months
Decorated with pain
Bred, blossomed or nurtured
Gripping maturity & irresponsibility
Fueled with emotion
Riding sunrises & sunsets
For you, for me, for us ...


Cross – Road Orphan

I turn and heard a cry
Safety cradled inches away
Then, there was a cry
He, God, had done no wrong
Then, there was a cry
I was on my way
Then, there was a cry
Fighting silently amongst themselves
Then, there was a cry
Leaving insecurity at its beckoning call
Then, there was a cry
United then divided
Then, there was a cry
I had erred leaving broken
Then, there was a cry
"Be careful", "Be a guiding light"
Then, there was a cry
Aged silence withered reason
Then, there was a cry
Reluctance held on
Then, there was a cry
Now, there is neither
Then, there was a cry
Another 'orphan by death'
Then, there was a cry
Losing those called Mother and Father


Cuando vez estos ojos ...
(when you see these eyes)

Different but same
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
To see that smile
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
To see those eyes
Crazy, you saving me
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
Skipping hearts, skipping beats
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
Kiss'n eyes, kiss'n lips
Chang'n life, chang'n mine
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
Don't leave me
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
Happiness found flying around
Seeing those eyes
Cuando vez estos ojos ...


Damaged Prejudice

She wished
For this & that
Joy, happiness, or love
Shattered with
Abuse, injury & ridicule
Some yelled HO!
She claimed SURVIVAL
Other stated IGNORANCE
She echoed, WE ALL SEEK REWARD!!!
Monetary, Socially, Emotionally, or Physically
Compromising ourselves
Prostituting one another

Days of Future Past

Responding with echoed "Present", "Late", or "Not Here"
Days of future past...