ME

I was not put on this earth to be perfect
but to do the best I can:

To love nature, brotherhood, and man,

I am ME.

ME stands for what I am, what I say and do
I am here for me, but also here to love you.

At times, I have troubles, like everyone I know,
understand those times of trouble, when my love
for you does not show.

Take me for my good and bad, for then you will
see that now you know a special person like
yourself, and that person is ME.



SAD CHILD



How is it that
I was born a
Sad Child?

A Father
An artist

A Mother
Full of numbers

A family of immigrants

Unstable
Afraid



Insecure

Too, a lover of dreams
and
Artistry

Numbers dazzle in my head

Life unfulfilling

Searching answers
Finding questions

Falling through
dark tunnels

Wishing for
the other side.


UNSELFISH LOVE


Forever running
Bits of beauty shared

But still cannot find
An unselfish love

Because of me
I want
I need

And weave them into
My web of desires

Never love
My heart cries

The tears of sweat
Flow down my body
And harden
My existence

Long inhabited turmoil
Keeps me so confused


1994

Poems that I wrote in 1994.
The first one, I dedicate to the Tigers of the World, who are now on the endangered species list.



THE TIGER


I look at the tiger
And I see its eyes

To much surprise
It tells no lies

I look at the sky
And see the sun

I've just begun
To truly run


I look at the fields
And see the gold

And know in time
I will grow old

I ask myself
What could all of this mean?

And I know in my heart
That things are not what they seem...



WHERE

What, where, who, how?

Who really am I right now?

A princess?

A tramp?

A bitch?

A saint?

I really wonder

It makes me faint!

Does everyone wonder?

Does everyone know?

Where it is, that they are going to go

I don't know...



LOVE

Love is precious

Love is divine
Love is yours and love is mine

Will we always stay together?

Or will we drift just like a feather?

Do you love you?
And do I love me?

If so, can we live together happily?