La Challenge

I have a problema
When I'm trying to bust a rhyme
No es la misma thing
To get a flow going en Español
I lose control
Going in circles looking like a caracol
Palabras just don't come out the same
Trying to be profunda
Ending up just driving myself insane
Falta de vocabulary is my derrota
Missing the frases that are the bases of this stream of pensamientos.
As much as I want to creer
That I am a wonderful mezcla
Enjoying the best of two mundos
I realize my dose of idiomas is a bit de un lado
My Spanglish is lavish
Excepto when the lapiz hit the papel
Perhaps algún día
I'll be able to live better in los dos worlds
For now I'll just disfrutar life
With my PB & J and horchata.

Message In A Bottle

Have you ever had feelings that you were ashamed of?

Thoughts going through your head that if you gave them a voice

You would immediately regret it as soon as the treacherous words left your mouth.

Syllables that come together in the form of anger, bitterness, and resentment.

Meant for an unknown receptor

The original agressor

Something you obsess over

Over and over

Not getting over it

Lost in a dark forest where the roots of maddening trees entangle you

So you can´t move

Can't breathe

Can't think  

Creatures of uncertainty

Certainly overstaying their welcome
In a mind that’s burning with fury

A fire that is drowning in doubt and self conciousness

Constrained by the norms that society has defined for certain relationships.

That ship may have already sailed.

Have you ever had feelings you were ashamed of?

Mine are in a message in a bottle.

Sinking to the bottom of the ocean.

The Awakening

What happens to our soul when a shadow is cast over our life?
Removing the light that can brighten up a day at the sight of hope.
How does one cope with the darkness and growing strife?
Not long ago, I wouldn't have had an answer
Just putting a show
Being a dancer on stage.
Containing the rage that in reality kept  me in a cage.
Craving normality,
Whatever that is.
Going through each formality, but failing to remedy my ailing spirit.
It's not something simple that you can fix.
Not to say, I have all the tricks,
But the moment I decided to switch my plight for a fight to make things right
All of those nights became a little more clear.
Steering myself back on to the road
After a series of crashes
Getting up from the ashes of being burned from all sides
Enjoying the ride
Because I woke up from my nightmare
Into a dream
I'm taking control
Climbing out of the hole in my heart
A new start.
I'm alive
I'm awake.
I'm on my way.

Over It

Seasons change

Coming and going

As we continue to flip the calendar pages

Stages of life

Ages or periods

Of glee or sorrow

Tomorrow we don't know what awaits us

But I'm hoping for the sun 

To push away those clouds

That have overstayed their welcome for a while now

I need some breathing room

Because this bad luck has taken me in like quicksand

And in the grand scheme of things

This just isn't working for me.

Anxious

Tomorrow

Next Week

Next Month

Next Year

Future

Darkness

Doubt

Despair

Unable to prepare for what comes next

Nervous walking through the hallways of life blindfolded

Blind to the fact that there are other things out there

Other than this. 

Lists of endeavors

That are severed by hands that are not interested in your plans

There is no GOL!!!

Because from here there is no motion forward

The momentum achieved 

The need for speed

Has slammed on the brakes

By a collision of opinions

And the wreckage is sent to the junkyard

Along with any opportunity for peace of mind

Wait to open the closed door

Patience will pick the lock.

Fireworks in Africa

When I think of you

I hear high pitched noises

And explosions of fireworks

Bright lights giving me a twinkle in my eye,

A blanket of warmth in the cool breeze,

Security in the chaos.

As long as I'd like to prance in a field of tulips
Where our two lips can find each other
The brown dirt that separates us
Is growing longer with every sunrise
And when the night falls
My hopes of a real romance
Dwindle as the curse sets in
I am strangled with the telephone cord
Losing my breath
Growing faint
Not knowing if I have enough strength to continue to miss you
My world is growing hazy
And I begin to dream
I'm floating across the ocean
To a faraway place.

Transportation

The metro

An underground spectacle

Miles of track carrying millions of people

To destinations unknown to the rest of the world

Intertwined paths of those who wouldn't cross otherwise

Two or more souls sharing a moment

Even if it's finding your balance 

Or fighting to get in

Kind of like life

You wrestle for a spot 

Always going somewhere

Being careful not to stumble

Hold onto the rail

Your stop is next

Haiku- Fundamental

Striking is a right.

Education is as well.

Got any questions?

Haiku- Sun Gods

Now there is sunshine

My spirit's rising again 

Warm thoughts bring big smiles

Haiku- Beats

Headphones drowning sounds

Eighth notes skipping in my head

Today's a good day

Haiku- One Year

Anniversary

What happened to me this year?

Memories not Life.

Haiku- Time for School

My students talking

Saturated with ideas

The classroom's open