I ♥ __________

I ♥ Hip Hop, I'd be lying if I didn't
I owe my Life to it
Develop my rhyming schemes
To Voice my feeling and beliefs
It lets my body vibe

I ♥ Revolution, I'd be lying if I didn't
To Hunger and Thirst for justice
Prefer the ways of MLK to Che's
Nevertheless, help the poor
Correct the system to function

I ♥ Women, I'd be lying if I didn't
That burning sensation I feel
Love the idea of True love
Mixed emotions keeps me away
Committment on my part, I can't see

I ♥ Friends, I'd be lying if I didn't
Play sports, just chat and laugh
Those who gave me Support
Those who will Never abandon me
I will never forget

I ♥ Knowledge, I'd be lying if I didn't
Sparks my thinking
Made the person I am today
Literature, Media, Classes, Experiences
Where would I be without it?

I ♥ Family, I'd be lying if I didn't
Love, so unconditional
Feeling that joyous warmth
Advices in midst of crises
Smiles, Hugs, Kisses, Sincereness

I ♥ Myself, I'd be lying if I didn't
Authentic and Significant
Balancing solitude and acceptance
Dream without limitations
A Burning desire

I ♥ God, I'd be lying if I didn't
I owe my life to Him
Where would I be without Him?
Love so unconditional
I will NEVER forget

My Inspiration

Poemas

Seguir sin Bastar

Ando por las calles caminando
No pertenezco a ningún edificio
Cada avenida es ajena
Atrás quedo las memorias y la pena
Por delante esta el pensar y el olvido
Camino yo, solo yo, solitario
Se esta yendo el sol, llega la luna
Busco sin bastar mi casa
Todos están en casas, cómodos
Cómodos y maldecidos
Más yo, sigo mi camino



El calor del sol
Las Hojas del Árbol bailan con gracia
Al movimiento de la brisa
Las olas amablemente lleguen a la arena
Y no pasen A donde les prohíbe
La Serenidad
¿Cómo uno puede negar la existencia de Dios?


Hace rato que no te veía
Pero ahora estas en mi pensar
No hay un momento ya que no estás en mi mente
Y me pregunto ¿Qué puedo hacer por olvidarte?
La verdad no lo sé
Tal vez poderte ver,
Despedirme con un abrazo
O conseguirme alguien más
Pero jamás será igual
En aquel entonces pensé no seriamos tan mal
Pero eso nunca fue
Ahora la memoria y la distancia hunden
En el eterno mar
¿Cómo puedo sacarte de mi pensar?
No lo sé
Si algún día leyeras mis palabras
¿Te darás cuenta que todas eran para ti?
Pero imaginarme ya no puedo más
Oye, fijate, “do you see what I see?”
Si no, entonces no eres para mí
Me duele decirlo pero la vida es así
Solo tengo mi familia y mi Dios,
Mis palabras, y consagrada por la eternidad mi voz
Lo digo de corazón, Adiós
Bueno con El, nunca estaremos solos

What do you see?

Close your eyes. What do you see? If you see nothing, just pitch black, you are like everyone else. If you see something, you are a prodigy. Believe it, if you don't, you absolutely see nothing. Close your eyes once more. If you see nothing again, I suggest you find something to live for. If you see something, what is it that you see? Is it a desire, a dream, a fantasy, or is your imagination running wild? If you see things that please yourself in any way shape or form, I suggest you find something meaningful to live for. If what you see is you serving other, you are great. Close your eyes once more. Are you great or just simply average?

A few thougths

Is it so wrong to feel much for the people? So when I want to help to such an extent where I feel hopeless, will the people be able to reciprocate the same love and authenticity that I show and truly mean. I look at myself in the mirror with no concrete identity, no sure future, and seeing that I have forgotten what I strive for, what I live for, what I find true meaning, what I am inspired by, what I am willing to die for, what I love. The self-portrait that I can paint myself is good-willed person who attempted to make an impact, all alone OR just fit comfortably in society and worry about my business. Unclear impact or guaranteed comfortableness. The uncertainty has its consequences but one is the greatest: Doubt. Doubt is the gateway for that guaranteed comfortableness. Doubt disallows potential. Doubt restrains risks. Doubt is not to be taken as a synonymous with uncertainty, it is a product. It is a product if you personally manufacture it. If there is uncertainty you have the power and decision to doubt or not. The only way you do not manufacture doubt is by having faith. So this uncertainty I have, you might have, there must be belief to be greater than imagined to be.



SHOULD I DIE BEFORE MY TIME

Should I die before my time
Give a rose to my mother
Confirm to her that she raised a great son
Acknowledge my father
Remind him of the great advices given to his son
Should I die before my time
Let it be at the rise rather than the peak

Walked through the Valley of Death
Not by myself
Many heard my words
Plenty read my words
Masses seen my works
Few knew my hurt
One knows my heart

Even in Fiasco, Travesty, Misfortune
There is an incredible will
To not fear Death
For a split-second, the world stands still
Not far from my crest
I can see myself as a martyr
That sight to take, there is nothing harder

I am a medic with a possible cure
But succeeding makes me unsure
I don’t want them to get a fix
Of hopeless hope
I am not a magician, no tricks
Reality is all I know
To Think: Failure to the tomb, Sin in the womb

Should I die before my time
To die without warning
Let me tell my world
That there will be no mourning
Let my passing be Joyous
Forget my Death
Remember all the previous breaths
Should I die before my time

Authentic and Significant

I honestly have a dream of serving people.
The people that I want to serve over other people
are those that are exploited in the Americas.
First are Latin Americans because there is that connection
since I was born in Guatemala. Second are also those minorities
in ghettos in the USA. I was never from the ghetto (although my hometown city is
probably more dangerous to live than Compton) but I still sympathize with these people.

Not only serving these people but inspiring others to help.
Inspire others to aim higher and achieve a lot more.

I am currently reading Holler if You Here Me, a book on rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur by
Michael Eric Dyson. I am speechless when it comes to Tupac. He is a genius, a poet, a fountain of reality, a renegade, a messenger, a warrior, an intellectual, an actor.
Tupac is, in my book, one of the more enlightening and brightest people in the 20th century. Many will not share that opinion because he is a rapper, of the content of his rap, and his image. People need to see Tupac as a person and his influence on rap itself and many listners. I mean his name alone has so much history that reflects his character. From a famous Inca royalty revolting against the Spanish to the Black Panthers of the '60s. My point of this mentioning of the book is Pac's drive to be "real."

I have read about and deeply influenced, as I have previously mentioned, Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr., Ernesto Che Guevara, and now Tupac. Those are the major ones. I also look at all aspects of the Chicano Movement, Malcolm X, Langston Hughes, the Civil Rights Movement, Nicky Cruz, Rigobero Menchu, Archbishop Romero and many more. All these influences have a common and shared aspect. All are "real."

My definition of real is to have a cause honest to one self and to fight and carry that cause and letting the whole world know what that cause is.

I want to be real.

So doing a lot of my thinking I have created a motto.

Authentic and Significant.

Authentic.
Be truthful, honest, and be yourself. Do not let anyone tell you who to be. Accept the ideas you CHOOSE to hold as your own. Using myself as an example, I will choose me being a Christian. Being a Christian I need to be aware of the depictions of Christ, secular or non-secular. As a Christian, I need to do what strengthens my belief in God, not weaken it. As a Christian, I should not lie to myself to justify an action which is out selfishness or against what I believe in. As a Christian, I do not let other currents and tides take me away from my stance. Authenticity can be applied to everything. Hold your own ideas.

Significant.
Whom ever you are, in whatever sport, creed, and as a person, be significant. Do not be average, do not do what everyone else is different. Do not stay in a comfort zone. Be significant. If I am a student I will be significant. study and do what ever it takes to accomplish my goal. In my employment, I should just do the bare minimum but maximize my effort. In any thing be outstanding, take that extra mile, keep going to your last breath.

Authentic and Significant.

There is a fear with this motto.
The fear of failure.
The fear of not being able to uphold this way of life.

I have the fear of not being able to accomplish my goal because I might simply forget it which means I am not authentic. I let outside means to believe otherwise. I have the fear that if I do whatever it take to fulfill my dream but do not, I fail once more. I fail because I am no longer significant. I gave up.

To take this as your motto, one must be fearless. If you fail, attempt again. If you stumble, get up one more time. If you fall short, find that last ounce of energy to finish it. This motto is for the fearless.

I recall Wilson's quote, "Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate but that we are powerful beyond measure."

You are powerful beyond measure.
You can be authentic and signifcant.

So how serious am I about fulfilling this dream?
I am dead serious.
How am I go to succeed?
Being real.
How will I be defined once it is all done with?
Hopefully Authentic and Significant.

One Love Y'all

Don't Give Up

After a long journey...




Everyone is watching you...


It is you against the world...


In the midst of everything you are alone...


With the burden of representing a whole group...


With the burden of fulfilling something big...


Being judged in the shadow of a great...


You have one and only one desire...


So you fight for it...


You end up short...


You walk away defeated...


Do you give up?



No.


You get back up and do it again to go all the way.