Thoughts and things

Ten Fingers, Ten Toes

5/25/2023

Ten fingers, ten toes

let me count the feelings since the moment you came into my world

One. The Ecstasy I felt the day I found out that you were in your mother's womb

Two. Tenderness, when I saw you for the first time that day when you were born

Three. wonderment, the first time I held you in my arms in awe..

Four. Happiness, the day you came home

Five. Proud, as friends and family showered you with love

Six. Excited, when you mustered your first words

Seven. Scared, those nights when the only thing you seemed to want to do was cry

Eight. Overjoyed, with the silly faces or noises that made you laugh

Nine. Exhausted, because my parents were right, parenting it’s a difficult task

Ten. Blessed, for every single second that you have been in my life

Eleven. Astonished, at how little I mind that my own life seems on pause

Twelve. Cautious, checking a thousand times, each night, on you

Thirteen. Trepidation, as I watched the first step you took

Fourteen. Pain, every single time that you got hurt

Fifteen. Hopeful, that your life will be long and mine will too

Sixteen. Resolute, that there is not a thing I wouldn’t do for you

Seventeen. Surprise, that by teaching you about life I learned as much as I taught

Eighteen. Mystified, that your presence in my life could bring so much joy

Nineteen. Impotence, whenever you get sick and I wish I could make you feel better

Twenty. In love, realizing that you will have me counting forever...

Nestor Gomez
5/25/17

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Wave and Sand / Ola Y Arena

4/1/2021

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Wave and Sand
Ola y Arena

You were a wave that came to beach on my sand
Tu fuiste una ola que mi playa vio llegar
covering me tenderly without giving me time to react
me cubriste tiernamente sin darme tiempo a reaccionar
before I realized, I had tasted your salt
cuando menos me di cuenta, ya había probado de tu sal
you soaked me completely in that loving way you have
empapaste mis arenas con tu esencia, tu humedad
erasing any footprints that had been left before you arrived.
y borraste cualquier huella, que antecedieron tu llegar.

The tenderness of your character
La ternura de la espuma, de tu personalidad
left no space in me, that didn’t get wet
no dejo en mi arena alguna, que no se quiso mojar
you formed a lagoon, insinuating that you’d stay
tu formaste una laguna insinuando no marchar
but you are a wave and turned back to the sea in the end
pero al cabo siendo ola, te volviste hacia el mar
dragging my dream, which to swim never bothered to learn.
arrastrando mis anhelos, los que no sabian nadar.

It is in vain for me to wait, you are never coming back
Es en vano que te espere, se que no has de regresar
you have gone to other places with the tide
la marea que te trajo te ha llevado a otro lugar
but from the encounter, of your water and my sand
mas de aquel encuentro nuestro, de tu agua y mi arenal
you will carry parts of me wherever you are
llevaras en ti vestigios del arena de mi amar
the same way I still conserve the memory of your salt.
asi como yo aun conservo, el recuerdo de tu sal.

I know that someday, I will forget your love
Se que un dia con el tiempo de tu amor me he de olvidar
because your memory will dry out like water in the sun
porque el sol de la distancia tu recuerdo a de secar
but inside me I still discover your moisture, at least for now
mas por ahora en mis adentros, aún descubro tu humedad
because you reached deep inland where no one did before
pues tu llegaste tierra adentro donde nadie antes jamás
and in my sand I still keep the smell of your salt.
y mi arena aun conserva, la fragancia de tu sal.

Nestor Gomez 3/31/2015
Nestor Gomez 7/19/2013

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We the people

1/19/2021

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Tu Ausencia Your Absence

1/16/2021

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Esta Casa / This House

11/11/2020

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We Are NOt

4/16/2020

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First They Came (response to Trump Administration)

2/26/2020

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I VOTE

2/26/2020

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October 29th, 2019

10/29/2019

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- (Hyphenated) American

4/22/2019

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- (Hyphenated) American
because you see me waving a flag
that does not contains stripes and stars
and it enrages you to see my delight
without taking the time
to know that my pride
is born from the pain of being so far
for so long, from my native land.

- (Hyphenated) American
because you scream at me that “your” language I must learn
meanwhile, you can’t even pronounce my name
but I’m not surprised that you can’t manage to learn one word
when your history you still refuse to learn and own

- (Hyphenated) American
you confuse the Hyphen with a minus sign
adding a prefix to your narrative of who I am
in your eagerness to minimize my worth
you forget that adding doesn’t make me less, it makes me more
you ignore that one day I took an oath in front of a judge
and I was declared by my pledge and by the law
not African-American nor Native-American
not Latin-American nor Asian-American
not - (Hyphenated) American, just American
same as you

Nestor Gomez 04/22/2019

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love

10/8/2018

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Leadership

2/16/2018

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N word

1/10/2018

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December 05th, 2017

12/5/2017

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November 20th, 2017

11/20/2017

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