Long Tia Poems

La conciencia no aguanto el remordimiento
el sufrimiento va consumiéndome Lento
pero se bien que yo me Lo eh ganado
eh pecado y por ti seré castigada 
puedo mentirle a Los demás pero a ti no dios 
se...

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February 21st, 2003 
the year, I almost 
shed a tear that 
very night you first 
appeared,

and every since I 
saw you Tia, you 
have been the one, 
my heart's been 
filled with you, my 
moon,...

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February 21st,2003 the year, I almost shed a tear 
that very night you first appeared,

and every since I saw you Tia, you have been the 
one, my heart's been filled with you, my moon, my...

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Born into this world, my opinion never mattered 
Had no voice yet today my tears flow like a stream 
Born into hardship and poverty, its no fault of mine 
No need to ask my pains......

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When I was a child along with my cousins we listen to heroic tales about our ancestors and in someway the mill was always mentioned. So we went to discover these EPIC Historic site. A...

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The pain comes once again
The ground shines through the rain
Winter is ending, spring is near
The sky is sad because he knows that I will leave today to heaven God didn’t call me Im living before...

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Mi Amiga Querida del Alma, 2010
V. Ortiz Vazquez

Do you know? Do you remember the time and place?
I don’t
I don’t remember time nor place
But it is here today—Thursday, September 19, 2010

I search and search with no...

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"Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.
I hope you dance"       ~~ Mark Daniel Sanders / Tia...

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How He Slept through It

You slept again:
Since moments after supper, 
Passing into the lilting darkness of closed eyes,
As if it were your head,
Full and heavy from eating
Instead of your stomach
Pulling you down to dreams.

You slept...

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I am from day old make up, from hand me down clothes and sharpie covered arms.

I am from a dirt filled well and barefoot on gravel

I am from black and brown caterpillars to the landlord’s...

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Pit bulls, love, heart, Tia, Tonya, Mo, Louisiana,
Parolees, crime, anger, judgemental, up and downs, life.
You may know what I'm talking about or not,  but a place called Villalobos pit bull rescue knows who they...

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Look underneath the skin first and for most please? Try it just once,.just to pounce before you judge, we all are here to one dam reason, to live in the country of the free, ...

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Past times have come,
they lurk within the darkness,
as I sit here fighting to continue on with my journey,
tears roll down my face thinking of....
the things that no longer exist. 
Lost a Tia to death by...

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just sitting here looking at you and  knowing your leaving us soon.
knowing that i cant do anythingabout this but to just let you go.
as i sit here and think about all the memories we`ve...

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Martha
Inspiration inspired
Strength out muscled
Resistance a virtue
Smiles despite what stands in the way
Stares down this enemy that seems to ambush her every time
A war is on the horizon 
An epic battle she refuses to lose
Time so...

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Warm is the journey's end where tepid spirits play
On beaches of smiling sand and azure sun drenched shore
Birds circle the westerly winds from the lands so far away
To the isle that "te tia nei anae",...

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Love Your Tia Martha

Here I stand asking why
Why her? Someone so special like a mother
Always there to pick you up
Life wasn’t easy for her
Fixed on independence
We never knew the truth
How much pain she was in
Her...

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(TIA)

makenolaughingmatteroftheworriestocome…of
theneedtospoonfeedtheadultsintoagreement…for
theywillaskthequestions & whentheydoyaneedthe
”answers”…makenolaughingmattersoftheidentification
oftheirflawsbecausewhentheyfindoutthattheyhaven’t
growntobeasperfectastheythinktheyhavetheywillhate
you…thiscanbeassuredandthereisnorestthatcomeswith
it…makenolaughingmatteroftheworldaroundyoubecause
itwillnotfoldanditwillnotbendtoyourwantsandneedsjust
becauseyoumightaskitto…makenolaughingmatterofthe
needsofyourfriendsbecausetheyaremoreimportantthanany
thinga“god’ora“government”whosemutualcharadespretend
tothemassesthattheyareworthspendinganytimeonwhatsoever
whenitcomestosaidbeliefdepartment…andmostofallmake
laughingmatteroutofnotlaughingbecauseittrulyisthebest
medicineandwithoutityoumightaswellputaguntoyourhead....

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1. I AM A CHILD OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
writing this in deep woods bye candle and flashlight and under attack of course the evil one does not want this written or his end to come....

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Everyday she makes mistakes weather
They affect her in good or bad ways
But she still lives her life
Day by day.

She’s a very special person
She has a heart made of gold
She likes to help people
Weather there young...

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I’m lost without you in my life,
My heart aches for the love of my mother,
You should be here for me,
I know the words that I spoke, 
Were not right before you passed,
I never got a...

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The stairs leading up to the door next to the concrete bricks with cracks of grass teasing out of them lead to the doorway

A hundred scattered tossed aside shoes and abandoned coats greet me as...

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I am steady trying to figure out what I did so wrong. Oh where did I go wrong. I 
wonder this everyday as I fight to stay strong. They got me in the system fighting...

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It seems the English language
is going out of style.
Instead we use the alphabet
It’s quicker by a mile.

BYOB we’re asked
when RSVeePing to a friend
whose party, FYI, will show
the newest clothing trends.

The EMTs will come to call
if...

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                   Red Door Church

      I lost faith in my religion and wander.
...

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