Efren Petalver Carranza Poems

I have not forgotten
The land that raised me upon its rich soil
By a father's hands who mourned and toiled
Fifty years but gone
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Along the road, the trees
Stand like soldiers at ease
Branches trudge like bayonets
I walk on underneath
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The world can be dark and lonely,
Some light is hard to find
One longs for hope and happiness
To calm a troubled mind
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Imagine! An old oak tree stood solely
In the fall of wilderness
Under the cloudless sky in its darkness
And the wind whistling but in forceless thread
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I was ten sitting fearlessly on a top tube
As my brother pedaled his bike on a dirt road
Faster than the meanest dog of neighborhood
Chasing us away on the loop
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Faith is the most powerful imagination
A mind could reach, as we ponder result
To grab of what we can or try to move on
So we can challenge those that are difficult
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I was a whisper
That passed by between two hands
A promise to keep
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Yesterday, I saw you and me
[But younger than yesterday]
Between high rises
Lamp posts gleamed
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Call me weird to dream the impossible
When some phobias are in the stream of my blood
To live in the rainforest yet I'm hypochondriac
To walk on the terrain of trees in to the deep woods
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Wealth is a dream of luxury
To conjure mind life living well
In depth of arrogance
– Pride
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