Saturday, May 14, 2022   Dear Margarita,   No words can express my love for all that you are, for how you have blessed me, and given me life. You showed me how to smile 🙂   Today in only your 20th year of … Continue reading Margarita, Cal Berkeley Graduate!

“Indifference” I don’t knowWhat existsNor doI care I have aFatal feeling thatNothing meansNothing There is noNobility in nothing It would beBetter ifI simply enjoyedThe love of nothing Continue reading Poem: Indifference

From my new novel, Listo Love: I love Pit Bulls for the hell they can endure. All of that hell that I knew was inside them was what I needed for my own medicine. My past Pits could sustain hell … Continue reading “Shine Bright Like a Diamond”

I know times are tough. I know things are hard, but even in the midst of all that, I offer Amor. With lots of love, I announce that Benny has accepted admission to the University of California, Davis! Ben Davis, … Continue reading Ben Davis, Ben Firme

On this Cinco de Mayo, I fight with lots of love. With this pen, I pray to offer and share all Amor. To be a fighter, you must get your ass kicked. No one is undefeated in this fight of … Continue reading Cinco de Mayo Amor: Dedicated to My Brother from Zacatecas

What is this journey? Amor y mas Amor. There is always only one answer that is always right. Even in difficulties, I must remember it is all Amor—Love—only this is the truth and that which is noble and righteous, not … Continue reading Same Song

“Guess” We love onlyApproximationsWe do not loveLove We buy useless things andBelieve we areWiseWe consume nightmares andAsk forMoreWe love glitter and gold andWhen weWake up withNothing in our hands,We weep We love only approximations To love Love is to love Continue reading Guess

“Waves Crash” You could blameVida Loca,But who do you thinkYou are? You built yourFortressOut of sandAnd now theTide rises You fearDrowningIn your ownMisery Your pride fallen You were simplyCleverIn notDoing anything How now can you condemn others? Continue reading Waves Crash

I look up at the blue sunny sky and accept the weather as it is. I cannot accept myself as I am because I am unlike the weather. The weather does not have to be accepted by itself in order … Continue reading Simple

If you live and die in Amor, you live and die in the absolute best known to humankind. No technology evolves us into Amor. It is right now. Everything else is false and vanity of vanities. Continue reading “Vanity of Vanities”