La Mar Adentro/The Sea Inside

realized my passport was not where i thought it was on monday. looking through old sketch books to see if i had stored it in them, i found versions of some old poems/ pre-versions that i dont really remember writing... una noche, mujer, yo te so~e. con piernas tempestuosas salias del rio y con ojos estrellados mirabas hacia horizontes desconocidos. tus pies decian todo. y te fuiste a extraviar en valles q solo habias navegado una vez, cuando no existia mas que tu ombligo

Fruits Low in Sugar: Small Amounts of Lemon or Lime Rhubarb Raspberries Blackberries Cranberries Fruits Low to Medium in Sugar: Strawberries Casaba Melon Papaya Watermelon Peaches Nectarines Blueberries Cantaloupes Honeydew Melons Apples Guavas - Pineapple Guavas (Feijoa) and Strawberry Guavas Apricots Grapefruit Fruits Fairly High in Sugar: Plums Oranges Kiwifruit Pears Pineapple Fruits Very High in Sugar: Tangerines Cherries Grapes Pomegranates Mangoes Figs Bananas Dried Fruit, such as Dates Raisins Dried Apricots Prunes"

No más monstruos! No más-cara! No más guerras! Mujeres, hemos gritado Mujer, ya no me importas más! Las, Los, Las, Los, Las, Laaaaaaaaaaaaas Cuando viene la paz? Cuando dejare las causas? Dame, Dame, Dame el Gran Espiritu Miráme cuando estoy talking to you! Ves? Como andan los jovenes? Jovencillos, no se deprimen más! Parade tha monstrosity Hacélo bello! Twenty six eyes and noses like gonzo The files will attest The books will attest I’ve documented you from the beginning on stone, lined paper, cotton, carbon- We’ve soothsayed you with our music Puro muzack roots reggue en nahuatl y espanol Fuck tha whores, dijo Jose Montoya And you listened While we danced to cumbia In smoke filled living rooms But WE were the pure ones, twisting our insides into anthropomorphic esculturas to maintain their ignorant facades, mientras Blooming our tripa- alejibre animalitos And leaving that adolescent shit behind- For tha bella, rara, vidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nuestra (pos, no salio ta...

Construir cuidadosamente un altar a Dios es loable Tu alma y energia simbolizados en lo material Pero dejar que otros contribuyen al estetico de ello Es mas dificil Luchar por la humanidad en servicio al TodoPoderoso es loable Esfuerzos buengastados en animar y unir a la gente Pero dejar que otros contribuyen en su manera y con ideas distintas Es mas dificil Facil es, tener un sueno, Pero mas dificil aceptar tu destino

i discovered in the slowly developing rebirth of the past few weeks that it is time now to "be nice to everyone". its scary to be nice to everyone. i used to open myself to people who i came across that also seemed open. in the past two years i learned that i didn't want to open myself to everyone who came knocking at my door and that to do so was 1.not necessary 2. wouldn't make me a "bad" person. in the past two years i have learned the beauty of the sacred and the sacredness of choosing between good and bad. if it was one thing i learned in anthropology from my professor Marisol dela Cadena, it was that "good" and "bad" are not analytical terms. they dont say anything. they are too polarizing and too assumptive. growing up as a Baha'i, i was always taught to look for the good in everything and always be kind. yet in the past 2 years i have learned that there is good and there is better (if not good and bad), and there are people wh...