Tag: abuse
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Tranquillo
Tranquillo Y silencio Mi amigo Yo se que es confuso y oscuro Para tocó una promesa de amor eternal Pero no merecerlo Creo que eres valiente para llegar hasta aquí sin ayuda No soy tus alma gemela y no soy único para ti No puedo ser todos lo que quieres soy simplemente una mujer Una…
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The Architect
I believed happiness was a quiet shy thing Like the debut of the first red leaf of fall Like hearing a busker sing your favourite song at city center Or a impulsive fleeting thing Like a flash of pleasure in the night No, Happiness is everlasting And enduring And determined And calculated and measured and…
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica had no standing army Everyone asks me, “how do they defend themselves?” How do I defend myself? I think they’re teaching me how to defend myself without fighting
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Beautiful
They say the most difficult times in our lives, when we look back on them, strikes us as beautiful Loving my brother was hard It was hard when he threatened suicide It was hard when he went to the hospital It was hard when he threatened to kill me But it was love Wondrous, powerful,…
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Cuando me llamo a mí
No sabía dónde estaba mi casacada habitación en la que entré,me llamaron por un nombre diferentecuando me llamo a mípara volver a mí,uso solo un nombre:libertad
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When I call myself
I didn’t know where home wasevery room I entered,they called me by a different namewhen I call myselfto return to meI use but one name:freedom
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Fruits
I try to balance precariously over opposites like intensity and boredom You break open the complacency in my heart And demand my love Like the extraction of a large seed from a fruit You pull me with your fingers, clean me, wash me, hold me Put me in soil and cover me with night Occasionally…
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Respirando Bajo el Agua
Últimamente mi habitación se ha estado inundando Hombres me visitaron Profetas del agua Tuve sueños me estaba ahogando Piscis Fishman Un niño pescador Un nadador Me enseñaron a nadar A surfear Cómo respirar bajo el agua
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Breathing underwater
Lately my room has been flooding Men visited me Prophets of water I had dreams I was drowning Pisces Fishman A fisherman’s boy A swimmer They taught me how to swim How to breathe underwater
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Valiente
Nunca supe lo valiente que era hasta que te conocí no sabía que me rechazaban porque no eran lo suficientemente valientes Y seguí tratando de amar porque era
SUBLIME COURAGE 