"Use to remember"

                                                                "Use to remember"

I use to love him, now I only have a vague memory of him.

He made me smile once upon a time, but now I hardly remember him.

You came along in my life, and things became so simple

Sitting in the backyard looking at the stars, now I can remember

Thought it was love but it was sometime in December

Every time he would threaten to leave I would play Gone ‘til November

Good or bad he was someone I use to remember

Kissing your lips made me feel a tremble,

And you replaced the man I use to remember

Good or bad he was someone I use to remember

He doesn’t  just  want to have sex with me but he wants to lay with me

Why is this feeling foreign to me?

Used to men that don’t speak but he wants to get to know me

He makes me angry he makes me cry

He makes me happy he makes me smile

This is the joy of loving someone from your insides

I’m not sure what it is and I like it

Makes me lose all train of thought and I like it

Got me feeling all jumbled inside and I like it

You take me out of my comfort zone and I like it

...I Like It...

"Thinking Out Loud"

I know you might not respond and I might not either
burning through each other's souls like ether
but we both listen to the other maybe thinking about the other
sometimes wondering about the other
with that in mind we go far holding that other person to heart
could be seas apart but I still come through
two, three years still ride for you
unspoken ryders moving in life like spiders
we know we belong but create our own webs
catch it in your net life isn't all set
like a glove your love felt like seeing a blue dove
no commas no marks just my rambling thoughts
making his song cry I don't do revenge
I go on a loving life binge
yeah, some may cringe but at the end of the day I am ok
it's the first time of life when I realized I was able to let go
toe to toe bring your words
sounds like endless slurs
butterfly traps take off caps
the honey bee I don't wear yellow
you will not sting me ...
He treated me like a soldier,
because I come off hard as a rock swinging like a bolder
You're not allowed to cry that's what you told yourself

I can't say I don't when I do

When your mind's telling you not to care ,
but your heart is beating so loud it drowns the thought out...
just thinking out loud........

"While reaching for the stars I touched the moon"

I dream about  writing as a color scheme

One line becomes nine

This is the beginning of my dream

The next lines will get you intertwined

I dream about climbing to a mountain top with my eyes wide shut

I dream about swimming with fish without a life jacket

I dream about living in a big house without picket fence

I dream about bungee jumping without the cord
I dream with imperfection

Dreaming with my eyes open my brain keeps on twirking

Dreaming about Purple Skies, Pink Moon, running through a yellow field

Dreaming about  playing on a sun filled rainy day

Dreaming about snow falling on a summer day

Dreaming about the impossible being possible

What is Cape Verde?

My parents uprooted their whole family to another country, I can't be afraid to go anywhere I'm only afraid of going nowhere..

What is Cape Verde? I have been asked that question more times than I can count! It is beautiful, it is black, it is white, it is every different shade. It is poor, rich in many different ways. It is African, Portuguese, we have more cultures running through our veins, more than I can even begin to say.


The women dance from their hips to the sounds of Coladeira, Funana, and Morna. Let's not forget the smells and taste of Catchupa, Canja, Arroz ku fijon, and Pastels.

You ask what is Cape Verde??? It is a small piece of the map on the west coast of Africa but it spreads like wild fire. I live here, I live there, I am everywhere.

My people hold my flag high with pride, got my independence in '75. I am your mother, your father, I am the volcanos that might erupt. I am the hot black sand. I am Brava, Praia, San Vincente, Sal, Boa Vista, Maio, Fogo, Santa Luzia, Santo Antao. I am Cardoso, Pereira, Gibau, Goncalves, Gomes, Barros, Barbosa, Baptista, Rodrigues, Teixeira, Depina, please let me know if I have left you out. This is Cabo Verde, Cape Verde, Cape Verdean.

Dear John,

You shattered me into a million pieces!  My heart is filled with creases.  I trusted so much; even looking in the mirror couldn’t help me see.  I was willing to stand by your side, even through the really bad times.  I write what I feel.  If I were colors, I would be Teal.  My face was flushed with tears.  You ran away from your biggest fear.  Letting me in, letting me love you.  The woman before, how could she hurt you?  I am not she, and you cannot see past me.

Always had a problem with the slip of the tongue, my anger keeps asking to come.  Now I keep it silent, until you’re sitting at my front door crying.  I don’t go down memory lane.  I lock that shyt up, dead bolted in my brain.  If you get a busy tone, just know love is on my other line.

If I no longer get upset, just know the love is gone…

If I no longer respond, just know I could no longer hold on…

If you are reading this letter, just know you’ve received my “Dear John.”

 Sincerely, Shattered but not Broken

"Thinking Of You Always"

The thought of you makes me smile, when you were no longer here I started to cry. The light came down on me, and with that my heart knew one day we would once again meet. I think of you from time to time. The day you passed will forever remain in my mind. You touched my mind, my heart, and with your loss you touched my soul. A real angel was here on Earth. We sit and tell stories about you, and laugh so hard. We now live our lives because of you. When people mention you, they mention all the good you would do. Like vanilla sky we wake, and it is a different time. But in our hearts you will always shine.

by Amarisa Mija Cardoso on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 11:14am

 

"Temptation"

You broke my heart...

For a second, broke my Mind
My brain and heart will never be intertwined

All I got is my dime

I made a call but still it did not shine.
You looked but did not see me

All I wanted was you to listen not hear me talking...
One ear out the other then you play pretend

So much aggression, why you keep letting her in?
Temptation has you fully attached to she plays devil advocate
While I tap you on the right side of your shoulder.
Like school days wake up, EVERYBODY WAKE UP!
Love is not a game...

It is known to drive people out of their sane state of mind.
Melon drops of tears

I loved you with everything I had left over from the past mistakes
No more sugar plum baby cakes

I am that woman that you left over temptation
Now she has left you alone with your thoughts of damn she was so down for me...
I'm going to build 'til I can't build no more

You will feel me come out your pores
I can't cry forever,

Let you lie to me forever

You took the last bite of the pie......

2009

"ABSTRACT LOVE"

He must've fell from the sky, the stars twinkle in his eyes. Some say he is from Mars I say the moon, why wasn't he sent to me sooner. Let's not play any games tell me your name….I saw your smile and thought we  might chat for a while…Like a silly school girl butterflies in my tummy you look sooooo yummy..
He wonders why I call him fresh with his one two step. Madd cool with a hint of old school. The walls are up but he can tear them down. Handles me with care leaves me with no fears. No longer stuck on stupid struck by cupid.  Smiling from ear to ear he leaves me without fear. The past is full of lies so step back and let me sing you a real lullaby. You unmasked me with your eyes like you want to see what's inside. Tear down my walls like Niagara Falls.  What is in the light came from the dark, strike a match he is a good catch. His voice beats so soft on my ear drums .. Cosmically bound he makes my world go round.  Take me on a trip with black sand I will gladly hold your hands…The touch of a real man has helped me outgrow my past. We will live long lives the thought of 
not having you gives me hives...

Abstract Love.2009

  "Watching Time Fall"

Trapped in these walls watching time fall.
I can not step back but only move forward.
I sit and think I always have tomorrow,
But seem to forget the time is only borrowed,
have drowned myself in my own sorrows
have walked steps can't begin to count the miles
have grown like the connection of tiles.
Living without regret willing to forgive
so I can take the load off of my heart, mind, soul
Taking up to much space and time
You have not noticed you solicit the crime
one tear drop for every minute that I let you push me back in time
I am resilient
have walked with the weight on my back
Lifted it to my shoulders and I finally hold it above my head
I pass this strength of my arms to my daughter
she will never watch time fall
Learn from me while I still am allowed to be
I am not a star but have learned over time to warm my heart
Money, clothes, and cars never make you who you are
Patient, discipline, faith, family, friends and morals Is what comes deep down from the core
Counter clockwise as I now watch time rise "So Much Potential" a work in progress.

"Untitled Love"

You want me to flow from my core, please say no more.
 I was dropped from the sky, to the distant place called Earth.
 I was put here to learn your life form, and still I stand confused.
 28 years and this world has become my muse..


Neon signs aren't bright enough, to touch these colors in my words.
She sings like a bird, That's what I heard.
You're a part of my past, a piece of my present,
My future is made up of you

Lasting

Head down as I dream awake

I tend to take the impossible and mold it into my own realm-

Studying, thinking, and ace-ing this test.

You would think I'm rewarded a degree,

After all, I'm in a class all by myself-

Who's there to compete or tell me how to slay this 'impossible' dream ?

Scribbling two names a heart on the hardwood of my desk top,

The gum stuck under has a longer lifeline than I;

But the same task...

To 'stick' around as much as possible.

As I sit and wait impatiently for the bell to ring, I smell over bearing hints of chalk  pencil shavings...

but still a bit of the gum.

I get it.

Through the harsh realities, there is a savory taste.

as my last question is answered and the pencil hits my desk-- the bell rings.

But I decide to sit, feel;

Taste LOVE.

by Sasha Zayas (Reckless Still_. )

Let's Make A Movie

You talkin bout a scene

girl let's make a movie

We won't need any other actors

It will only just be you and me.

You're my leading lady

and I'm your leading man.

No director can tell us "cut"

only our loss of love can.

The script has not been written

so we will need to ad-lib.

The screen has faded to black

it's time for our movie to begin...


by: Zach Green

"Niggas Fuck Up"

Niggas fuck up but I always call their bluff

I'm holding the deck in my hand

I know exactly where you stand

Outside that door got you yearning for more

Tell me you don't want me tell me you don't need me

holding all your thoughts so shook when you got caught

Now your begging for me to take you back in

After you committed an original sin.

Did it really feel that good?

now you’re stuck with a major wood...
Looking through a peep hole

I am forever embedded in your soul.

Cries never that , Lies it was always that.

I'm a solid chic stop thinking with your D***

Niggas Fuck up so ladies toughen up
 
 
The only competition I'm scared of is henny

You so wrapped up until you put it in me

Silence is not a part of my anatomy

I say what I mean and hope you get offended

My heart is not an extension

The only thing you will feel is the tension

When I show you who I am

Get ready for this exam

Take notes write the shyt down

At the end of the day your still a clown.
 
Now you calling me all crying

Revert back to my words I wasn't lying

I don't love no more my hearts on love lock down.

Please compose yourself

You won't find anyone better but you will find someone else

I'm on to the next leave him feeling like hanging himself by his neck.

Can't deal with the madness past days of sadness.

I don't cry I don't beg if you thought I liked you it was all in your head.

I am a woman with prides I just push niggas to the side.

I make my own bread with that said….. “Niggas Fuck up”  “Woman Fuck up too”

"FREE"

I know so  many talented people.
The colors are so divine, the writing just takes you to another place and time...
To be able to see with those set of eyes, it will always keep you alive.
I feel when it's just me.
My mind has never been this open before.
Thank you for blessing me with ink.
When I write my pen just sinks.
Like writing is my disease, and without it would be no me.
I have a problem with my words, but if I jumble them together I can share it with the world.
The thoughts start to formulate, and the volumes start to penetrate. This is my disease come comfort me. 

"SILENT CRIES"

In order for us to receive something we want, He takes so our hands can be empty to receive. The days we look up and ask why, he listens to all our cries. You might not hear his voice but he always responds. He is my only judge, your words speak but not my truth.
 

Anger never fills my heart, even when lies fill your tongue. Your war has just begun and my mind and heart have finally become one.  I would never even let my enemy starve, to many people with cold hearts. What type of world have we come from? Friends become enemies, lies become steady stream of everyday talk. Why do you worry about the next girl in Reebok. 

"BOSTON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Put my face all over your flyers
Plastered on  the Boston walls
You thought you had big balls
Oohweeeee! All eyes on  eyes on me
Scratching the surface of what I can be…
To all those who lost  senseless
Dying mothers crying
Newspaper smears across the front page:  Roxchester, Murdapan
You think that's cute?
Why don't you find out who I  really am?
These people had a name
This is insanity…to only be known as  another fatality
Flowing like fish under the deep blue sea Colors  endless to be no life jackets
But blackberries don't hate just recreate
So clean off your plate
Chopping wood the ax isn’t any good
With the  juice of papaya call ‘em sire
Bend their wire
Balance me out I will cause  a drought
Rainfalls, pitfalls, at some point we are the cause
So get  one, two involved
One person does make a difference
Someone is bound to  listen over the sound waves It will replay
Boston got my heart
She  was there from the start
So let me take the lead
Politics you will  listen to me
How many Walks for Peace must we have before you will clean the  city streets
Lights will never take a one-way flight
Visit all the graves
Take your time out and pray
There’s too much silence
Stop all the violence

"MY OWN PACE"

Just because you whisper in my ear, doesn't mean it's something I want to hear..
I walk at my own pace, your sweet nothings will not help you win the race. 
You are a contestant on my show.  Please remove yourself from the front row..
I use my feet to stand.  I guided myself with my hands.
The music in the background that is my live band.
I escape my mind with every new line. No space, no time just me and my rhymes.
Why did I get blessed and cursed? So I can help the ones after me reverse. Back up, slow down just a bit..
Tattoos all over my hand saying take me for who I am..
I have been through some ruff sands.
God is good so I stay clapping my hands.
If you didn't know look at my imprint in the sand. 

 ©copyright2010 Amarisa Cardoso

"MY DREAM, YOUR REALITY"

When you speak all I see is a fantasy leaving your mind to your lips. Lies will consume you until you are no longer you. Looking in the mirror will be a figment of your imagination, putting implantation in the air. Slowly people will start to stare , loudly people will start to speak. Is it is it really Me?!





I dream with my eyes wide open, lashes flickering Every day thoughts of me coping. laying with my arms wide open. I choke on every breath like a cold death .




Words whisper in my ears, you’re a lost soul that can’t be found. Can you hear it in my voice?! Like an angel touching the ground. These voices you believe you see and in them you live this reality.




I say a prayer for you and would take away your pain, Give me one day in your shoes. If misery ask to dance with your soul, decline, rejoice and take control. I dream and when I wake I tap dance around misery. I woke up from this dream but you are stuck in this reality.

"THROUGH MY DAUGHTER'S EYES"

Just a matter of time I would become a product of a wild child.
She would be my cross to bare. Not even a thought in her mind. When he climbed on top she was nothing more then a child
herself. But she had felt the pain of her elders many times over
at such a young age. Along I came growing inside of her. At
first I had thoughts of my death, but would it have felt any different then being born. That day came like an earthquake,
no warning. I went from her warm womb, to her warm arms
and that smile. They think you see the light leaving this
world but you see the brightest light coming in. You lived the first time you held me, that feeling that you could never
explain, even with your deepest of words.
I arrived at my fourth home don't remember much.
The one thing I remember when you thought I couldn't
feel is you laying your head gently on my chest to hear
my heart. And how you would lay me on your chest to
show me how much are hearts were one. I felt it.
That was the first time I cried and she saw the world
through my eyes...