Relax, I know you do love me
I know you don't understand me
I have my reasons for what I do
I have my reasons for what I say
Sometimes you should ask
Sometimes you should think
It's just the way it is
A fachada to you
A mask to me
Yo me entiendo & wish you would too
Pero no somos magos
Perhaps one day you will know
It's just the way I am
Relax because I love you
-B.
From my window out here there can be much to see
First are the vines that creep and crawl around
Then is abuela's garden with a few stray flowers
Some are pink and very bright at that
They stand out amongst so much dirt and give the garden a song
If there is some breeze they will dance but that they usually save for the night
After that is the street
Wide one both sides separated in between
With bricks that have been painted red surrounding a bed for the trees
The tops of the beds are school bus yellow and serve as the tag bases for the neighbors playing tag
The merengue blasts and the whole barrio hears it
From whose house Rosita? or Maybe it's the boys
Whoever it is it doesn't seem to matter because those girls haciendo oficios sweep just fine to the words of Raulin's Nereeeydaaaa…
With no shoes they walk around making sure they won't miss a spot
They scrub hard and good too keep the house looking spotless
Rene swings by on his bike with the yani's singing his song that is almost a rap
con queso, de pollo, con carne también it's sheer brilliance what he does taking those tunes for food
The girls stop their work and hand him their coins of 5 pesos each
They munch and chew and close their eyes
Letting the afternoon sun catch their faces
Now their thirsty after all that harina
Leticia gets up and skips to the colmado asking Felix por un redrock
The cups were ready and soon get filled
With that raspberry fizzing that chills and yet tickles
ah how sweet it is
Sweet indeed is the view from my window
-B.
In this chapel we were friends
we heard our thoughts go around silently
we made each other laugh
with my voice the opera was home
with your voice the giggles were here
our eyes twinkled and we knew it was funny
our thoughts were the same
we held hands and prayed
you were my friend and I am still yours
I miss you sometimes
I miss you today
my bestfriend from one day
from one day to a life time our lives became intertwined
your mother
she knew mine
before I knew you
My mother
she knew you
before you were you
what happened?
will we ever go back?
to sit in those pews where we prayed for our sins
where a pecado wasn't fish
and a song is still glory
where my friend was you
so many a retreat and you made it far
you got closer to Him
you got closer to them (your OLR & MLR friends)
M. did say OLR MLR I care who you are
lols
for jokes that we only know
in these halls
in these halls we spent our years
from babies to ladies
our feet sped on the way to Spanish
buenos días señoritas said Mrs. S
buenos días señora
presente señora
do you even remember the «Amigo» song and how after too many «ma-ma-mas» I just hit my head
it was kind of funny
you laughed
I laughed
now I go back to these halls and think not of an infraction but of how we have changed
what if it were all the same
what if we were still the same?
sometimes wondering
-B.
O M to the G! Que cosa me paso a mi
estaba en camino allí cuando me atacaron los nervios
yo sin comer (desayunarme no podía–entienda que es una travesía)
sentía que me derretía & I would pop those mentas una tras la otra
era lo único seguro que tenía
para por si acaso me las lleve to stay all day fresh
me comí una en el carro & después cuando salía de el
la siguiente me la comí en el edificio mientras esperaba & las próximas seguían entrando cada par de minutos por ansiedad y por hambre
ya no podía, con tantas mentas pensaba que iba ver verde ya que el sabor era ese de spearmint pintado un " minty green"
ya no creo que las vuelva a ver
antes de salir me tocara llevarme algo de apretar
como esas cosas de masilla para el estrés
si se me pega el hambre, mira a mis manos y buscar un chicle
de todos modos le aseguro que que el aliento será fresh!
-B
