if you forget

here is a reminder:



feliz ano nuevo!! happy 2006 :)

this gift that illuminates the room

i can not get closer

or walk away

from this gift

that illuminates

the room

i'm standing in.

...

...

i want to stay and admire your beauty

unravel the story behind the colors

and discover why i'm so captivated

by your presence.

...

...

this mysteriousness

has seduced me

and tempted me

to untie the red bow

that confines you

and peal the layers

that surround you

and conceal you

so that i can feel you.

...

...

but i know that the timing isn't right

so instead i encircle you with my eyes

examining every angle in hopes

of finding what you hide.

...

...
i don't dare

get closer

because i don't

want to read

the tag which

could declare

that you belong

to someone else.

...

...

that you were just a gift

i was meant to adore

but never to unwrap

and keep as mine.

the road only ends

the
road
only
ends
if
you
stop
driving

verb change

how did are turn into were

and am turn into was

all within a few seconds

i think i'm going to need a few minutes to digest it all
because even though you flipped the switch

with no problem it seems
when the lights went off for me i
was caught off balance and now i need some time

to adjust to this uneven equilibrium

as i feel my way across this dark room

to find the switch i need to flip

so that i can shed some light and understand this

verb change

that so easily flowed from your lips
and reached me unexpectedly like a disease

i guess i'm a little slow

give me a few seconds

because i'm still numb
and i feel torn.
....
.
[ d should follow like, smacked between you and i ??? ]

.................

....

.

I--- likeD(you). .

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..
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invited by sirbarrett

Invited by sirbarrett to participate, these questions were somewhat hard to answer but I tried my best:

7 things I plan to do before I die:
1. find my passion in life
2. fall truly madly deeply in love
3. learn another language
4. own a house
5. travel as much as possible
6. learn to swim
7. fall truly madly deeply in love again (with the same person)

7 things I can do:
1. make someone smile (at least i try my best)
2. appreciate the simple things in life
3. touch my nose with my tongue ;)
4. have a fullfilling dream world
5. tap dance
6. bring people together
7. express myself

7 things I cannot do:
1. swim
2. tell you what the book/film was about. i'll do it but it will be choppy.
3. play an instrument
4. geography: Never Eat Sour Wheat ~that's how i figure out my sense of direction :)
5. understand why people lie
6. stop daydreaming
7. say goodbye

7 things that attract me to another person:
1. a beautiful mind & expressive eyes
2. honesty
3. the way they walk
4. caring nature
5. sound of their voice
6. nose
7. their laugh

7 things I say most often:
1. i'm just kidding (i say it so quickly my friend says i sound like karen from will&grace)
2. shut up! (said when i'm amused/shocked etc....i'm trying to stop saying this)
3. are you serious?
4. patience is a virtue
5. do you want to go get some coffee?
6. como?
7. bite me

7 people I want to do this (not the usual suspects):
mariposatomica
corinna
eden
sk8rn
pincushion
irina
feminineexpressions

(of course you don't have to do it)

ready to embrace my world

looking at these strangers, i started to imagine the worlds
they all carry with them and how it's only accessible through
their eyes and by certain people and i wish i could

spend a day in each one of their lives
and ask them if they have found their passion,

have they found true love,
what makes them cry, what is that one memory

that will never escape their mind.

i know we aren't meant to meet everyone...as they pass me by.

and this brings thoughts of all those who have colored my world
and whose traces of love will never be erased and i'm filled
with so much gratitude that can only be expressed with a smile
as i'm standing all alone in this place full of unfamiliar faces
when this stranger passes me by and she looks me in the eyes

and smiles back and i realize that maybe that is all

we will ever share as she walks away and that it is enough.

my life is filled with all those i was meant to know

and around every corner there is an abundance

of new souls ready to embrace my world
and i'll be ready to get lost in theirs.

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today, is the 1yr anniversary of my entrance into the blog world
and i wanted to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to all
those i have met who have touched and enriched
my life with their worlds.

thank you for your encouragement, inspiration and talent.
i'm so glad that distance doesn't limit me from connecting
with beautiful souls like you.