Thursday, July 24, 2014

"Does My Image MATTER?" The Video Version 2.0 #StopTheBeautyMadness Poetry Slam Contest July 2014



Here is the 2nd video version of the poem "Does My Image MATTER?" This time, it's for the #StopTheBeautyMadness Poetry Slam Contest July 2014. Hope you enjoy this vid (unlike the last one)!

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

"In My Dreams-My Found Poem" The Video Version

Here is the video version of the found poem titled "In My Dreams-My Found Poem." Enjoy!

"What's The Use Of My Existence In This Life?" The Video Version

Here is the video version of the poem titled "What's The Use Of My Existence In This Life?" Enjoy!

"Color The Feelings, Color The Moods" The Video Version

Here is the video version of a set of cinquains titled "Color The Feelings, Color The Moods." Enjoy!

"An Unfixed Environment" The Video Version

Here is the video version of the haiku titled "An Unfixed Environment." Enjoy!

"27's A Very Tragic Age" The Video Version

Here is the video version of the pair of haikus titled "27's A Very Tragic Age." Enjoy!

"Clouds" The Video Version

Here is the video version of the poem "Clouds." Enjoy!

"From Dawn To Dusk" The Video Version

Here is the video version of the haiku "From Dawn To Dusk." Enjoy!

"A Quiet Person" The Video Version

Here is the video version of the haiku "A Quiet Person." Enjoy!

"Are You OK? Talk To Me" The Video Version

Here is the video version of the haiku "Are You OK? Talk To Me." Enjoy!

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Spoken Word for the Spring 2014 CSUN Performance Ensemble: I Am In Hiding

It’s extremely hard for me

to keep myself private

from the rest of the world.

It’s also hard for me

to put myself out there

for everyone to see.

Why are you watching me?

You have 3 options:

you either stand out to be known,

blend in with the society,

or hide away.

Will you ever get to know the real me?

You are put here in this world

for a reason.

A reason that will take

a very long time.

A lifetime

to figure out

who you are

as an individual

a human being.

Will you ask me who I am?

And will you listen to the answer?

You are constantly

bombarded by

police officers, security guards, CIA/FBI,

the paparazzi, and news reporters

watching and capturing your every move.

And you decide to watch me.

Why are you watching me?

This will come to a breaking point

that all of this surveillance

will frustrate and overwhelm you.

Which leads me to ask a very important question:

WHY?

Why are you doing this?

Why is it that all of a sudden

every single one of us

dropped what we are doing

just to focus on a single person?

Why are you still here?

Don’t you have a life to live?

Why are you focusing on my life?

Can’t we just leave that person alone?

That person does not

want to be in the spotlight!

Yet you are forcing that person

To be in that spotlight!

You are doing that right now!

I don’t like this!

Do me a favor and just go away!

Leave me alone!

That person does not want her life

To be in public!

She wants her life

To be kept in private!

WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?

My life is NOT important to you!

Please go away! Get out of here!

She wants to be in hiding.

I need to be in hiding.

She doesn’t want to be seen.

I don’t want to be seen.

She doesn’t want to be bothered.

Don’t bother me.

She wants to be alone.

I need to be alone.

She doesn’t want anyone to see her.

I DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE ME!

Her life isn’t important to everyone.

My life is not important to you!

She wants everyone to go away.

PLEASE GO AWAY! Let me be!

She wants to hide away from this world.

I need to hide away from this world.

She

I

Needs

NEED

To

TO

Be

BE

In

IN

Hiding!

HIDING!

DO HER A FAVOR AND LEAVE HER ALONE!

PLEASE!

Monday, April 21, 2014

THE LIFE OF A LONE WANDERING OUTCAST

I am such a LONER
for a very long time.
I am traveling, wandering,
running, walking,
far and wide,
near and deep,
just looking for a spot
yearning for a comfort place
where I can be ACCEPTED
surrounded with lots of positive people
doing the things that I love.
I am not there yet,
I am still searching,
going from one place to another
with doors slamming shut on me
along the way,
hearing the word "NO" countless times
feeling that I am
NOT GOOD ENOUGH
for them
and I NEVER will be.
AM I A GOOD FIT?!?!
I am a good fit
for ME.
and NOT for THEM.