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Final Portfolio for

English 10
By
Karla Rodriguez

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Table of contents:

1) Cover page

2) Table of contents

4) My Identity

6)The lessons I learned from Things Fall Apart

8) 50 Line Poem:Growth

10) How traumatic Childhood experiences can Affect Adults

13) Whos at fault?

16) MLA Works CIted for LGBT History Project

17) In-Class essay: How Juliet found herself

20) End of Year Reflection

22) Freedom through books; English 9

24) My history poem

25) Halloween poems

26) Honoring the Past

27) Who am I? Who am I not?

28) A lil about Naz

29) Silly election poem

30) Maya Angelou Still I rise recreation

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31) The key

32) Beautiful things poem

33) KARLA RODRIGUEZ

34) God comes first

35) Bets: Forgiveness

36) I am quiet

37) How it began

38) How I see you

39) Miami Weather Report Slides for Chemistry

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My Identity

My name is Karla Rodriguez, and I am a sophomore at Realm Charter High School. I

have been going to Realm since the sixth grade. I am 14 years old and my birthday is November

2, 2001. I was born in Nogales in Sonora, Mexico. For as long as I can remember I have always

lived in Richmond, California.

One of the biggest single stories about me is that I am not Mexican, because I am not tan

and I dont speak a lot of Spanish around people. What can be done to disrupt that single story is

to actually get to know me by just having a honest conversation with me. Also, people should not

just make assumptions about other people's identities because that is where most single stories

begin.

The most obvious part about my identity is that I am female. I am not really sure how

anyone can misinterpret that about me. The message I want to send to others is that yes, Im

female and sometimes I might do girly things, but it is not because I have to, it is because I

want to. I may not always feel like doing things girls are supposed to do and that is perfectly

fine because those are just stereotypes and I do not need or have to do anything to fit into them.

The most hidden parts about my identity is that I am Catholic and that I was born in

Mexico. Some people assume I am Christian, because the people assuming I am Christian are

Christian and because some of my family is Christian. They assume I was born in California

because I have lived here and because my skin tone is pale in comparison to many other

Mexicans. I can only disrupt these single stories by just saying the truth about myself.

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Chimamanda Adichie is a Nigerian author/writer whose speech The danger of a single

story affected my perspective on others by making me realize that stereotypes dont have to be

untrue, but they are incomplete assumptions. When I heard Adichies We Should All be

Feminist speech it taught me that a person can be a feminist without even knowing. All you

have to want or believe in is that both men and women should be treated as equals. It made me

realize that society is so obsessed with gender roles and labels that many people dont like it

when someone does not fit into the labels or expectations that are made for their identity.

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The lessons I learned from things fall apart

Have you ever read a book that made you realize how good you have it? The novel

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is about the main character Okonkwo. Okonkwo had it all

at the beginning of the novel, he had his home and family in Umuofia, he was very well know in

Umuofia and in other 9 villages. Until one day he accidentally killed a 16 year old boy from his

clan. It did not matter that it was an accident, it was still against their customs so they kicked

Okonkwo out from Umuofia for 7 years and burned down his home and property. The most

important lesson I took away from Things Fall Apart is to be grateful.

One of the very first lessons I learned from the book is that you need to experience

mistakes to learn from them. Aukekes mother says Every day I tell you that jigida and fire are

not friends. But you will never hear. You grew your ears for decoration,not for hearing. One of

these days your jigida will catch fire on your waist, and then you will know. (71)The quote is

saying that you won't know about something until you experience it because that is how we

learn.

The second lesson I learned from Things Fall Apart is to not take advantage when you

have something good happening to you. Ekwefi tells a story about a tortoise and how he hadn't

eaten in awhile so he asks some birds if they can fly him to where the birds are getting their food.

At first the birds disagreed because they knew the tortoise was only up to no good but the

tortoise convinced the birds that he has changed. So the birds take the tortoise and when they

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arrived the tortoise decided to be really greedy and eat as much food as he wanted to without

thinking about the other birds. The birds got really mad and decided not to fly the tortoise home

but they each gave the tortoise one feather so he can fly himself home. The most angry bird

decided to do the tortoise another favor.The tortoise wanted him to send a message to his wife,

telling her to take everything soft outside of his house so he can have a safe landing but instead

the bird told the wife to take everything hard out and so when the tortoise landed he broke his

shell. In the story, the tortoise took advantage of the birds but one of the birds got revenge on

him, so he should have been grateful instead of greedy.

The last lesson I learned from the novel is to look at what's good in your life instead of

the bad. Ochendu tells Okonkwo that he does not have the worst situation because there is others

that suffer more. Ochendu states You think you are the greatest sufferer in the world? Do you

know that men are sometimes banished for life? Do you know that men sometimes lose all their

yams and even other children? (135). Ochendu gives examples of worse case scenarios in order

for Okonkwo to see the good in his situation. You should be grateful because there is always

someone who has it worse.

There are many lessons you can take away from this novel. I talked about the most

memorable lessons I personally took away from the book. I learned to be grateful because there

are others who wish to be in your place. Also to not take advantage when something good

happens to you by being greedy. And that we learn from experience. One should appreciate what

they have because nothing last forever.

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Growth
Let's go back in time
I'm 7 or 8 years now
All I do is play and run around
Capturing frogs and admiring flowers
My friends and the park was a daily
Everyone got along
I didn't have in mind what others will say
Didn't have in mind what others will say
Assured of myself
Confirmed feelings
Knew how I felt like I know the back of my hand
Friends
Back then it was just about getting along
Adventures and standing up for each other
But now it has to be way more than that
Trust,Support,Protection,Comfort
Finding a true friends is like finding a pin in a haystack
But everything changes
Kids grow up
Society has standards for you
And your own mind starts maturing
Realization occurs
Now I'm 10 or 11
Fitting in is all I think about
What will they say?What will they think?
I have to dress I'm older and act like I know what I'm doing
I lost sense of myself
I was lost
Until I was 13 I had found myself
As so I think?
I was confused but I was there
Maybe I was never really lost in the first place
Maybe I was just wondering
Yeah I'll go with that because they were just phases
I imagine life like trying on outfits
You have to keep changing
Until you find the outfit that's most comfortable for you

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And what makes you feel happy
Every time I look in the mirror I see the phase I'm currently in
I like to observe
Do the right thing
Get good grades
Make people I care about glad they know me
But I also get an attitude a lot
Mess up,Dissapoint myself
Stress over little things and overthink anything
I know I'll change
I hope I become a better person
Hope that I won't worsen

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How Traumatic Childhood Experiences Can Affect Adults

The novel God Help the Child by Toni Morrison is about a woman named Bride who had

a rough childhood because her mother raised her harshly because her daughter was born with a

very dark skin tone. The story is centered around Brides relationships with other characters in

the novel who also have traumatic childhood experiences that affected how they reacted to

situations that reminded them of past t experiences. Along Brides journey she meets Rain who

is a little girl who was kicked out of her house by her own mother who used her as a sex object.

This novel shows the ways in which traumatic childhood experiences lead to long-lasting

complications in adulthood.

The way parents raise their children comes from the way the were raised themselves.

Sweetness decided to raise Bride very harshly because of Brides dark complexion. Sweetness

grew up thinking that the lighter your skin tone was the better you were. She was raised with a

mindset that made her think negatively of people with darker skin. Sweetness states, You

shouldve seen my grandmother; she passed for white and never said another word to anyone of

her children.--some people you probably think its a bad thing to group ourselves according to

skin color----the lighter, the better-- (pg 3-4). Sweetness was accustomed to thinking that the

lighter your skin was, the better so when she gave birth to Bride and saw that she was dark she

was not happy. Bride had a traumatic childhood because she felt unloved by her own mother

which made her look for love in the wrong places.

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Going through a family members death can affect a person by making them depressed.

Ever since Bookers brother died as a child he has not learned to let it go. Well what? You lash

Adam to your shoulders so he can work day and night to fill your brain. Dont you think hes

tired? He must be worn out having to die and get no rest because he has to run somebodys elses

life (pg 156). Booker never stopped thinking about Adams death, he let it keep effecting him

to his adult life. Bookers auntie Queen is telling Booker that he is not letting Adam rest in peace

since he lets his death get in the way of his relationship with Bride. The fact that Booker was

still dealing with Adams death made him unable to communicate with Bride which caused

relationship problems.

It is a natural thing for children to want to feel affection from their own parents. As a

child Bride felt the need to do certain things even if they werent good to get some affection from

her mother. Sweetness, Brides mother never showed love towards Bride because she was

ashamed of her skin tone. A quote from the novel that proves this is, Whatd she lie for? To

get some love---from her mama (pg 156). Bride having to lie at the court when she was a little

girl impacted her adult life because it made her feel guilty. When she went to see Sofia on her

release day to offer her money for lying and putting her in prison for fiftteen years, Sofia was

furious and beat Bride up. Bride was still stuck in the past so she still felt the remorse of lying

which made her go visit Sofia.

Traumatic childhood experiences influence the decisions someone will make as an adult.

As a child, Sweetness grew up with the mindset that light skin was good because of the example

her family was giving her. When Sweetness gave birth to Bride and saw her skin complexion

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was not light she decided to raise her very harshly and not show her affection. Booker let his

brother Adam death affect his adult life because he did not learn to let it go. Bride being raised

harshly by her mother made her feel like she had to do things to get affection from her. Bride let

that affect her adult life because she went to see Sofia when she got released from prison for

being blamed by Bride.

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Whos at fault

Have you ever felt like the only way to not be pushed around is by becoming the person

that pushes others around? That is the situation in Luis J. Rodriguez autobiography Always

Running . Luis talks about how he got involved with the gang life which includes drug addiction,

loss of friends, going in and out of jail and more. Throughout the story he explains how he got

out of that life, and what saved him. Like many others think there is no way out of a gang

involved life but the importance of this novel is to prove that there is a way out. Many factors

contribute to Luis decisions, most notably his family, his society and himself.

Luis wanted a end to Rano treating him horribly. Luis began to be treated awfully at a

really young age at his own home, his older brother would always physically hurt him. Luis

states In fact, I remember my brother as the most dangerous person alive. He seemed to be

wracked with a scream which never let out. His face was dark with meanness, what my mother

called maldad.he also took delight in seeing me writhe in pain, cry or cower, vulnerable to his

own inflated sense of power. (20). Even before Luis got pushed around outside of home he was

treated poorly in his own family. Luis being treated this way caused him an urge to look for a

way to stop it. It has made him want to treat people the way he was treated so he would not feel

pain anymore. Rano being a bad example of an older sibling really has affected Luis because it

introduced himself to being bullied which is traumatizing.

Luis felt like he had to join a gang because it was either be the victim or be the bully, he

grew up in East L.A, a very gang affiliated neighborhood . In chapter two of the novel a gang

called Thee Mystics attacked Luis school. Luis states I froze as the head-stomping came

dangerously my way. But I was also intrigued. I wanted this power. I wanted to be able to bring a

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whole school to its knees and even make the teachers squirm. All my school life until then had

been poised against me: telling me what to be, what to say, how to say it.(42). Luis saw that

There Mystics had control and were not pushed around, making him want that power as well

because it was better to be feared than to be the one living in fear. The society Luis grew up in

influenced him to want to do bad because it was so common. Luis preferred to be the oppressor

than to be the one to be oppressed.

Luis had always had the choice to avoid trouble and the gang life, if he really did not

want anything to do with it. In page 45 he talks about how his past girlfriend talked to him about

avoiding the gang life. Theyre trash, Socorro would often say in Spanish about the cholillos.

If you keep hanging out with them, you can say goodby to me forever. I liked her, but we

didnt last too long as a couple. I didnt want to be straight and proper(45). Luis made his own

choice to not be straight and proper. Nobody forced him to go into the gang life, he did it at

his own will. This means he could have done the right thing by just staying in school and keep

working hard but he did not want to because the gang life seemed easier. It has always been

Luis own choice to go in whichever path he chose to go, he knew what was right from wrong

but he still chose to do the wrong.

The people who surrounded Luis really influenced him to lead himself into the troubled

life he chose to be a part of. Rano being a bully towards Luis really began Luis journey of being

pushed around. Thee Mystics made Luis wish he had the type of power where people would fear

him so he could be the one in control. Luis could have decided to stay away from a gang

involved life but he willingly chose to be part of it. Your society can really influence you but it is

always your choice to let yourself be influenced but it is always your own choice to let yourself

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be influenced. You can always choose what to do because you can tell what is right from wrong,

it is just your own decision on what to pick.

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Works Cited: Gay Pioneers

"10 Things to Know About Marsha P. Johnson." The Radical Notion. N.p., 23 Dec. 2016. Web.

17 May 2017.

"4 Big Accomplishments of the 1963 March on Washington." The Week - All You Need to Know

about Everything That Matters. N.p., 28 Aug. 2013. Web. 17 May 2017.

"Brother Outsider." PBS. Public Broadcasting Service, n.d. Web. 17 May 2017.

Christine Jorgensen. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2017.

"Harvey Milk." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 29 July 2016. Web. 17 May 2017.

"Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson Challenging Gender Boundaries: A Trans Biography

Project Outhistory.org." Outhistory.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2017.

Mcquiston, John T. "Christine Jorgensen, 62, Is Dead; Was First to Have a Sex Change." The

New York Times. The New York Times, 03 May 1989. Web. 17 May 2017.

"Milk Foundation.org." Milk Foundationorg RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2017.

Reyes, Raul A. "A Forgotten Latina Trailblazer: LGBT Activist Sylvia Rivera." NBCNews.com.

NBCUniversal News Group, 06 Oct. 2015. Web. 17 May 2017.

"Who Was Sylvia Rivera?" SRLP (Sylvia Rivera Law Project). N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2017.

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How Juliet Found Herself

Have you ever felt so different from everyone that you thought you would never fit in

anywhere ? In the book Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Juliet feels like she can not fit in

the Bronx because of her sexuality. She is a lesbian Puerto Rican girl from New York who just

got offered an internship in Portland by her favorite author who wrote her favorite book Raging

Flower. During Juliets time in Portland she felt very lonely and discriminated against by

Harlowe so she decides to go visit her cousin in Miami for three days. After she took that break

and really finds herself she goes back to Portland and finishes the internship. This particular

summer Juliet had to go through many things to help her realize who she really was.

Juliet confessed that she is lesbian and is in relationship with Lainie at the dinner table

the night she left to Portland and that was a painful experience for her. Juliets mother was not

happy about it and was not accepting. On page 26 Juliets mother states Youve never had a

boyfriend, so how would you know? All you know are these neighborhood boys. You havent

given any of the boys at your college a chance. You might like Lainie, but its not the same

thing. I promise you that. Love, i love her. You dont know anything about my feelings. I

know you better than you think I do and this isnt you, Juliet. Juliets mom really does not want

Juliet to be gay although Juliet is sure she is.

The next hurtful experience for Juliet was when her very adored and loving author acted

out towards her. During Juliet's internship she attended one of Harlowes reading where there

was a huge audience, when someone asked Harlowe if people who are non-white can connect to

the book she used Juliet as proof and called her out which made Juliet feel very embarrassed and

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discriminated against. Harlowe says, Do I Think that queer and trans women of color will read

my work and feel like they see themselves in my words? Not necessarily, but some will and do. I

mean i know someone right sitting in this room who is a testament to this, someone who isnt

white. Who grew up in the ghetto, dodging bullets and crackheads, someone who is lesbian and

Latina and fought her whole life to make it out of the Bronx alive and to get and education. She

grew up in poverty and without any privilege. No support from her family, especially after

coming out, and that person is here today. That person is Juliet Milagros Palante, my assistant

and friend who came all the way from the Bronx To be here with me and to learn how to be a

better feminist and all of that is because of Raging Flower because anyone can see themselves in

that work. Juliet is the proof. Juliet can you stand up for everyone please? pg.178. Harlowe

really stereotyped her in front of many people which really hurt Juliet because she thought

Harlowe knew her but it turns out she only knows herself.

Juliet has always known who she was but has been afraid to be judged for how she will

look like. On chapter 21.Undercuts and Transformations, Juliet is in Miami with her cousin Ava,

they went out to a LGBT party where you can really be your true self without being judged for it.

Juliet feels inspired, happy ,and a little daring this night so she goes to the person that is cutting

people's hair, You gonna get a cut? Blue Lips asked. I'm afraid of looking like a dyke, I

said. Are you a dyke? I think so. Then no matter what you do with your hair, you're gonna

look like a dyke, Blue Lips said. Pg.211. Juliet took a risk in finally appearing like who she

feels she really is.

During Juliet's summer she had to go through certain experiences to make her a stronger

person. She really found herself and understands who she is way better than before she left to

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Portland. I feel like this novel is very empowering to the people that can relate to it and can make

connections with the main character.

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Reflection

Ive had improved immensely this year as a reader, thinker, and writer. Ive had so much

practice using critical thinking to push my limits of writing. I feel like I have learned to be

quicker, I now take less time to write essays and to finish reading books. At the beginning of the

school year I was good at reading and writing but now I am great at it, I feel more confident and

comfortable with myself. I definitely feel like thinking, writing, and reading are all tied up to

each other and are very important for your education.

Throughout the entire school year, looking back I remember most of it. I can recall the

very first lessons about single stories. Then we transitioned to reading Things Fall Apart and

discussing the single stories from that novel. Within that Unit we also covered Colonization of

Africa and did a Research Project on it. After that I remember very well the books we read which

were Always Running and God Help the Child. When we were done with those books we went

into the last unit which was the LGBT History unit. From looking back I can clearly tell that all

these books have very valuable lessons that come out after 1. You read the book carefully and 2.

Analyze and Discuss the book. My favorite topic was the Chicano Movement unit because I can

relate to it, it was nice to learn about people in the past that impacted your life today. My least

favorite unit was the God Help the Child because it was not memorable for me and I did not take

much away from that unit.

All the work in my portfolio is basically all the writing assignments I put the most work

into. Also they were the biggest projects for this class, the conclusions for the units. I notice that

all that work would not be have been done without the prep for it, like the movies/documentaries

we watched and books we read, worksheets and class discussions were very big help to

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understand the topics thoroughly. I wrote about what I personally took away from the book and

what I saw as the main ideas. I did that because it would make sense to write about what I

personally understand and not what Im confused about.

My work shows that I am the type of reader, writer, and thinker that will write about what

I know and influenced me to. I am mostly of my essays especially the Always Running essay

because it was a bit of a challenge. I am least proud of my autobiography because it could have

been so much better. I would have added more detail and be more deep about my life.

If I could go back and change anything it would be the socratic seminars because I

always did terrible on those. I should have spoken my mind regarding of peoples commentary.

My advice for incoming tenth graders would be keep up with work and do not slack off ever.

Never procrastinate and just read the books, trust me it would just make your life easier.

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Freedom Through Books

Imagine what a child is escaping from if they are always reading to break free from their

reality. This is what happens in the book I know Why the Caged Bird Sings written by Maya

Angelou. In the book Maya is left with her brother to live with their grandmother and uncle in

Arkansas where they face racism frequently because of segregation. Along with that Maya

experiences a great deal of fear, shame and confusion when she is sexually assaulted by her

mothers boyfriend at a very young age. It took her many years, growth and reading to move on

from that traumatizing event. Maya Angelou is caged by sexual assault and is able to find the

freedom to sing through books.

As a child Maya is taken advantage of by Mr. Freeman and it is very traumatizing and

confusing for her. Vivian, Mayas mother, is a very independent woman who rarely has time for

her boyfriend Mr. Freeman. Mr. Freeman molests Maya before he rapes her but Maya does not

know exactly what has happened. In the book Maya describes how Mr. Freeman sexually

assaults her saying, He released me enough to snatch down my bloomers, and then he dragged

me closer to him. Turning the radio loud, to loud, he said, If you scream, Im gonna kill you.

And if you tell, Im gonna kill Bailey (78). The evidence demonstrates how Mr. Freeman

knows exactly that he is taking advantage of Maya and how he also threatens Maya. A moment

like that is very traumatizing for anyone. Maya has to move on even though she does not know

why she is threatened or touched, because of how young she is. Being sexually assaulted by her

mothers boyfriend at a young age is very hard for Maya to move on from because she feels

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ashamed and guilty so she is silent for 5 years.She becomes very unsocial and isolated because

her trust was broken when she was assaulted.

Reading books is Mayas escape from reality. When Maya goes to St. Luis she does not

feel like she fits in, she does not feel at home. Maya states, As quickly as I understand that I had

not reached my home, I sneaked away to Robin Hoods forest and the caves of Alley Oop where

all reality was unreal and even that changed everyday (70). This example demonstrates how the

fantasy of her books seem better than her reality. Maya talks about how books are like a

distraction because they help her escape her reality and she joins the fantasy world of fairy tales.

This reveals that Maya obviously does not like her life at the moment so she escapes reality by

reading books. The fantasies in Mayas books seem more preferable than her life so she reads

frequently to hide from her pain that is currently happening to her life.

Reading books is Mayas way to be liberated from her sexual assault. As a child Maya is

sexually assaulted and it really affected her because she felt ashamed and confused. It takes her

many years to move on from that trauma. Maya loves books and she loved to read as a

distraction. She escaped her reality and joined the fairy tales, and that seems more preferable to

her. Many people are sexually assaulted, one in five women will be sexually assaulted in her

lifetime. When they are sexually assaulted a common reaction is to shut down/self blame

themselves or be victim blamed by others. It is very difficult to move on from a trauma like that,

it can be different for different people. Mayas was of moving on was through books.

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Poem from Lab:

My history:
Hey grandpa I've never met you but I've heard things about you
Stories,from my mom
Rumors from my family members
I would have loved to meet you
But unfortunately you're gone now
You died in such a terrible way
I'm sorry
I want you to know that you have been missed
And still are
Especially by my mom
I'm doing well along with my younger brother
I want you to know that my mom is the strongest person I know and I think it's because of you
My mom is the most hard working
She needed you,she left way too early and she loved you
I feel like it's going to work out because I'm doing just fine and I'm in no need of anything
I'm blessed
And I hope youre proud of us I know you weren't the best person and that's ok
But everyone still loves you and misses you

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Halloween poems:

Candy and scares:


Candy and scares
fun and costumes
Every year I have in mind what I want to be
But I'm a procrastinator
It's not until Halloween or the day before
When I have to decide what to be

Where's the spark?:


Ever since I was little
I always dressed up
For Halloween
Cinderella,an angel,a pirate,a cat,ladybug,cheerleader and a nerd
Never scary
Parades and candy
Those were my favorite
Now I don't really think about it
It's not the same
The excitement that was once in me
Has now vanished
Just like all the almond joys I received when I trick or treated disappeared because those were
just the best
This Halloween I hope for it to be so good
All the excitement comes back
From being with someone to enjoy it with just like any other year
Or being scared so bad it's hilarious

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Honoring the Past:
Dear grandfather:
Florencio Trejo I carry on your name
As a symbolization that your blood runs within my veins
Like you, my mother is my world
You loved to be with her
Just how I get my smiles from her presence
Let me honest you by accepting the fact that you were. It always good
But no one is
But I still admire you and wish to have met you.

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Who I am?......Who am I not?:
I'm not a boy but I am a girl
I'm not bad but I'm nice to those who deserve it
I'm not perfect but I am learning
I'm not rebellious I am calm
I'm not an adult or a child but I'm stuck in between
I'm not good at sports but I still play for fun
I'm not the smartest but I'm hard working

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A lil about Naz
I'm a YouTuber
Don't have regrets
I wouldn't change anything about myself
Self love is important
I hate that I was fooled once
I'm was born in Romania
I grew up with my family
I'm the boss,I'm confident,goofy,loyal and a perfectionist
My inspiration is my parents and this make-up goddess
I take risks every day
I made a YouTube channel
I have too many embarrassing moments
19 and pink
Going on a trip with my friends
I don't consider myself famous
Doing my make up
My fam
Steak and coke
I can't think of any at the moment
Amazing so fun
Yes very

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Silly Election Poem:
I vote for in and out
I would elect the #2 with no onion
Try to be risky by debating on
If I should eat a yellow pepper
Crunch,I choose to eat it
A picture for social media
A memory as well
Is like advertising this place for free

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Maya Angelou still I rise recreation:
Write me down
with your lies in the dirt
but I'll rise
upset, you? Why?
Because I've got moons and Suns
the certainty of hope springing high
still I'll rise
see me, broken? And lowered eyes?
Falling down
weekend, soulful cries.
Offend,you?
I rise
don't you take it hard
because I laugh like I've got gold
you may shoot me cut me, kill me with your hatefulness,
but still
does my sexiness come as a surprise
I've got diamonds at the huts of Shame
up from the past
leaping, Welling tide
leaving terror and fear
that's clear
gifts that I am the dream, the hope of the I rise

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The key:
I wish you look at my face
See what I'm thinking
I witness myself wanting to speak
For hours
But no words come out
My lips are sealed, I just nod
my mind overflows with thoughts
I witnessed my mood change
just like a light switch
flickering from idea to idea
finally I decide nothing is wrong
but you don't see the same
an argument irrupt
still no sentence can explain why I feel this way talking it through
is like navigating through a map
finding a new route
and eventually we do, together..
realize it's just a big misunderstanding
expression and communication is key
a smile is given as a sign of forgiveness
I witness understanding and happiness now

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Beautiful things poem

You are beautiful to me:


If I'm the cloudy dark sky
Then you are my sunshine
the world
a dark place
you still light it up
Your hugs are like reassurance
Reminders with warmth and comfort
Everything is going to be ok
dreamy eyes filled with hope
Protection is like a gun
ready to be shot when needed
Your smile is a blessing
Your heart of gold
And your kindness remarkable
laughter with you is the best
so many beautiful moments shared with you
joy is brought to me
When I know I've cured your broken heart
and I know you smile because of me
just a glance at you makes my day
Maybe it's because you're so beautiful
from the inside and out

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KARLA RODRIGUEZ :
Kind to those who I love
Accomplishing my goals
Respect me
Loving soul
Ambitious minds

Reliable source
Ordinary girl
Delicate body
Risk Taker
Incredible memories
Getting better
Unlikely to he unloyal
Elegant when needed
Zigzagging through life

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God comes first:
God is there for me when no one else is
He listens,he cares
I pray to him every night
Ask him for forgiveness
And to thank him
Ask for strength to get through a tough time
For protection
Happiness
He brings me my blessings
The everyday things that bring me joy
I'm thankful for god
God is good all the time
All the time god is good

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Bets:
Forgiveness:
I bet you didn't know
I know how to forgive
I'll give you a second chance
Or a third or maybe a fourth
I'll hunk maybe you have changed
Maybe you learned
It won't happen again
I'll accept your apology
Won't forget though I see the benefit of the doubt
I know what it is like to ask for forgiveness
I know what it is like to not be forgiven
I wouldn't want anyone to feel that rejection
So that's why I forgive.

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I'm quiet:
I bet you didn't know I like to talk
I love talking with someone who listens
Someone who can hear my stupidness
Or my deep important thoughts
There's not a lot of people who can listen to me
I can talk for hours on the phone
Not notice time fly
I can talk in person
Face to face
And enjoy it
See it as a memory
Talking to express what I'm thinking,feeling
A joke,a memory,a feeling,a question
Anything
But it all starts with hey with a smile

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How it began:
Just a simple hey with a smile :)
I noticed you
You were crushing on me
Just as much as I was on you
Keeping our eye on each other
With no words,no communication
Just observation
I saw you waiting for me
Just to open doors so I won't have to
Saw you staring from the car
You arguing with the other boy
Who wanted me
But not as much as you did

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How I see you:
Look at him
He is so amazing
Maybe it's because
The way he worries about me
And how he keeps me safe
Maybe how he makes sure I'm happy
The only person who checks up on me
And the only one besides my mother
Who can read my face and see when I'm not ok
Because he loves me ,he cares for me
How do I know? He shows it and tells me
I can talk to him about anything
And he will listen
He might not be the best for others
But he is perfect, at least for me and
That's all that matters

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