A Coconut’s Reflections: A.k.a. A Present-Day Reflection of Yesteryear’s Sketches - Softcover

G(arcia), Willie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1546246266 ISBN 13: 9781546246268

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2018

Synopsis

Centered reminds me that I have many more roads to travel, many more things to achieve . . . and I will continue to be centered, being more responsible in order to achieve my goals and make my dreams come true! As Willie G. spoke and read the words, following a discussion, his students began to understand what they had done wrong or why they were taking those actions. There was a feeling of relief and gratitude for this instructor that appeared to be more like a grandfather figure than a teacher. He had kept his word to not inform others unless the student was intending to injure himself/herself or another, and now the student would keep theirs. He used verses to make a statement about the situation, and now he wants to share these thoughts with others.

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About the Author

What turned out to be a junior high school interest to impress friends and his English teachers has now become a passion since retiring from education. In addition, over the years, his words were used to humble and provide comfort as well as bring humor into those counselling moments that he had with students, friends and colleagues. These lines helped individuals view their circumstances in a different light that directed if not comfort them. Now, he has decided to share these words, terms, lines, and reflections.

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A Coconut's Reflections

a.k.a. A present-day reflection of yesteryear's sketches

By Willie G(arcia)

AuthorHouse

Copyright © 2018 Willie G(arcia)
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-5462-4626-8

CHAPTER 1

Age

Age, a number, an alternative
A time tool to measure
Or passage
Some return to days gone by
Others mature and wither 'way
Ignored, others ridicule and laugh
While some capture and elate
Age a preference, age a choice


Ain't Enuf

Feeling, caring, knowing
Ain't enuf ...
B.F.F'n it
Ain't enuf ...
Family, a home, a shelter
Ain't enuf ...
Blood making families
Ain't enuf ...
'member
Ain't enuf ...
"Sorry, sorry, sorry"
Ain't enuf ...
Love defin'n us
Ain't enuf ...
Me belonging to you
You belonging to me
Is ...


Ain't No Comin' Back ...

Released from her loins
I wasn't going back
Comforted and nurtured
I wasn't going back
Cultured and raised
I wasn't going back
Educated and socialized
I wasn't going back
Trained and invested
I wasn't going back
Passing time
I wasn't going back
No ills, no bills
I wasn't going back
Soaring high or crashing down
I wasn't coming back


America's Flag

We live and die by it
Why?
To be stepped on,
Spat on,
Ignored
Set on fire,
Or called second class
Not mine,
At least not mine
Yet, ignorance rules
Yet, choices influence actions
Yet, it's here where I chose to be
To speak one's mind
To express one's self,
Even protesting at our nation's steps.
It's here where I am F R E E
Here
Here by OUR flag


Appreciation

Effective evolution
Succeeding processes, ignoring failures
Securing individuality and creativity
Surfacing mutations
Removing normalcy
Removing life
Its memory
Its misery
Its beauty
Capturing its happiness
Capturing the soul
Capturing the spirit
Knowing you
Knowing me
Knowing me
Knowing you
Releasing me
Releasing you
Appreciation


Blocked and Untouched ...

It was an age of enlightenment
Blocked and untouched ...
Creating character and flaws
Growing in maturity or in neglect
Blocked and untouched ...
Raising ignorance or thought
Animating movement and freedom
Blocked and untouched ...
Pursuing gains and advances
Through the challenges of the superiors, inferiors or peers
Blocked and untouched ...
Yet lost in a World of Ups and Down
This Age of Consent
Blocked and untouched ...


Brothers & Sisters

Made from unconditional love
I am a child with purpose
Playing, laughing, and crying
I am a child with purpose
Rising to survive
I am a child with purpose
Birthing Baby Boomers, Love – Peace, & Generation X
I am a child with purpose
Remaining members of the Greatest Generation
I am a child with purpose
Repenting and forgiving brothers and sisters
I am a child with purpose
Kati, Ofelia, Lydia, Gila, Fidel, Ismael, Gloria, Xochitl & Frank
I am a child with purpose


Centered

So many roads untraveled
So many riddles unsolved
Bewildered, confused or puzzled
I am centered
Socially, emotionally, or academically
I will not settle for less
I am centered
Responsible and rounded
I am centered
Encouraged rather than discouraged
I will continue
To be centered


Challenges

So many wrongs
So few rights
Ashamed of what I've done
Maybe yes? Maybe no?
Always a part of me
A page never turned
A book never closed
The rose unfinished
Always a memory
Always a dream


Children of Candor ...

A youthful word
A childish smile
And an OMG in disbelief
Being obscured and sincere
These babes cried out
Energized and spirited
"I pledge allegiance ..." and "... land of liberty ..."
Forming influential & impressionable minds
These children of candor, of innocence
Compromising our standards
Agreeing on their stares
Or awaiting their glares


Communicate

Respect vs trust vs love
Communicate - Communication ...
Fascination vs joy vs laughter
Communicate - Communication ...
Sadness vs emotion vs death
Communicate - Communication ...
Self-reliance vs memory vs art
Communicate - Communication ...
Intensity vs anger vs maturity
Communicate - Communication ...
Child vs adolescence vs adulthood
Communicate - Communication ...


Confused

No puedo (no, I can't)
si, si puede (yes, it can be done)
What words
What power
What an impact
Yet ignored
Yet misunderstood
Y siempre confundido (and always confused)


Connections ...

Channeling days, weeks, & months
Decorated with pain
Bred, blossomed or nurtured
Gripping maturity & irresponsibility
Fueled with emotion
Riding sunrises & sunsets
For you, for me, for us ...


Cross – Road Orphan

I turn and heard a cry
Safety cradled inches away
Then, there was a cry
He, God, had done no wrong
Then, there was a cry
I was on my way
Then, there was a cry
Fighting silently amongst themselves
Then, there was a cry
Leaving insecurity at its beckoning call
Then, there was a cry
United then divided
Then, there was a cry
I had erred leaving broken
Then, there was a cry
"Be careful", "Be a guiding light"
Then, there was a cry
Aged silence withered reason
Then, there was a cry
Reluctance held on
Then, there was a cry
Now, there is neither
Then, there was a cry
Another 'orphan by death'
Then, there was a cry
Losing those called Mother and Father


Cuando vez estos ojos ...
(when you see these eyes)

Different but same
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
To see that smile
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
To see those eyes
Crazy, you saving me
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
Skipping hearts, skipping beats
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
Kiss'n eyes, kiss'n lips
Chang'n life, chang'n mine
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
Don't leave me
Cuando vez estos ojos ...
Happiness found flying around
Seeing those eyes
Cuando vez estos ojos ...


Damaged Prejudice

She wished
For this & that
Joy, happiness, or love
Shattered with
Abuse, injury & ridicule
Some yelled HO!
She claimed SURVIVAL
Other stated IGNORANCE
She echoed, WE ALL SEEK REWARD!!!
Monetary, Socially, Emotionally, or Physically
Compromising ourselves
Prostituting one another

Days of Future Past

Responding with echoed "Present", "Late", or "Not Here"
Days of future past ...
Seeing chaotic discipline or bias competition
Days of future past ...
Confronting to rigid schedules, appointments or commitments
Days of future past ...
Promises were given, kept or broken
Days of future past ...
Valued clues, claims and choices
Days of future past ...
Revealing lessons being taught or learned
Days of future past ...
Achieving desired dreams and desired goals
Days of future ... Days of past...
Days of future past ...


D & A ...

Deserted and abandoned
I was without
A friend, a heart, a soul
I was without
Divorced, separated, removed
I was without
Tearing and unwavering
I was without
Returning one day
I remained without
Deserted and abandoned
A love found
A truth made & seen


Deepest Fear

(Unrecognized)

Individual inadequacies
Unrecognized undefined ...
Unmeasurable power
Unrecognized undefined ...
Illuminating fear over frightened darkness
Unrecognized undefined ...
Humility over arrogance and conceit
Unrecognized undefined ...
Acceptance over concealed talent
Unrecognized undefined ...
Liberated fear and followers
Unrecognized undefined ...
Insecurities
Recognized, recognized, recognized ...


Defeated & Retreated

Sin palabras (without words)
I had failed
Or had they
Si se puede (Yes, it can be done)
Words without meaning
Words without strength
They were just words
Echoed sentiments of long ago
Replaced by the futility
And why, why, why


Dejected & Rejected

Lookin' in
Ignored and unrecognized
Lookin' in
An obscured phantom
Lookin' in
Humiliated, bullied, and scarred
Lookin' in
Hooded shadows, carved ugliness
Lookin' in
Jealousy and conceit
Lookin' in
Bullied and unchallenged
Lookin' in


Delusion of an Illusion

Was it a need, a want, a desire
Meeting resistance or hesitation
Reaching out for comfort and counsel
Turning a dream into a reality
Rather than illusion
This fantasy
This hope
This shattered dream
This delusion of an illusion
To touch
To hold
To love


Destiny

Each soul creating one
Molding minds
To question
To THINK
Touching them
Opening walkable doors
Venturing a thousand-mile journey
Choosing roads, drives, streets and avenues
Succeeding where others had not
Destiny


Disputed ...

I did it
Me, myself, and I
Removing stigmas
Me, myself, and I
Humiliated and ignored
I did it – Me, myself, and I
Wrong or right
I did it – Me, myself, and I
Scared or scarred
I did it – Me, myself, and I
Removing the riches
I did it – Me, myself, and I
Success
Mine
Me, myself, and I


Don't ever look back ...

To persuade, influence, or ignore
Don't ever look back ...
Believing and feeling,
Being ONE not two, three nor four
Don't ever look back ...
Entering the night and finding light
Don't ever look back ...
Connecting letters, words, ideas
Don't ever look back ...
Revealing windows
Souls, emotions, love, hate or despair
Don't every look back ...
Comforting arms
Warmth, safety and security
Don't ever look back ...
Amazing character, beautiful persona
Don't ever look back ...


Dream Chaser Catcher

Visionary fantasy
Desired goal
Chaser catcher
Ventures quest
Arduous destiny
Chaser catcher
Destructive production
Eliminated creation
Chaser catcher
Emotional sensation
Accepted declination
Chaser catcher


Egging others and another

Trying
Prevailing
Creating
Seeking
Attempting conquests
Settling for mediocrity
Reaching the attainable
Reaching the un ...
Believing
Scoffing
When said and done
Questioned fortune
Finding failures
Finding S-u-c-c-e-s-s


Eluding – Part One

Strangers passing
Boats colliding
Ships eluding
Tranquil peace
Silent waters
Fiery beauty
Unforgiven revelations
Blinded journey
Unanswered queries
Transparent visions
Visible markers
One step forward
One step back


Erupt, explode ...

Careless callous
Reckless abandon
Erupt, explode ...
Disturb, burst, collapse
Erupt, explode ...
Bruises, cuts and death
Erupt, explode ...
Disregarding compassion
Erupt, explode ...
Gathering anger, revenge, violence
Erupt, explode ...
Leaving destruction
Erupt, explode ...


Fantasies & Visions

Clarity raised blindness
Challenges created ignorance
Wonderment produced chase
Humility satisfied arrogance
Dreams beckoned desires
Fantasies & Visions
Visions & Fantasies


Fragile is the I

Held by stressors
Good or bad
Withered by time
Disillusioned by many
Held together by few
Recalling the worse
Rather than the best
Ending in distrust
Emotional anger
Disharmony & displeasure


Friends

Passing time
Friends or colleagues
Coming and going
Colleagues or associates
Promising or uncommitting
Associates or acquaintances
Passing hellos and goodbyes
Friends or acquaintances
Fade, faded, fading
Friends


Frozen in Time

A, "Will you start?"
"Who's paying", follows
"You pay"," I pay", "Split?"
Frozen in time
Gimme, gimme, gimme
A yes, a no, a can't, a won't
Frozen in time
Envied attire
The glance
Up, down
Down, up
Smiling selfies
Frozen in time
Going 'our' ways,
Ladies or gents
Grinding or twerking
Playing video B-ball
Ignoring meals, ladies, and nights
Frozen in time
Ending moments
Frozen in time
Memories to 'member
Memories to forget
Frozen in time


Gestures

Movements, shrugs and looks
Gestures ...
Hands to mouth
Mouth to hands
Gestures ...
Eyes to lips
Lips to eyes
Gestures ...
A word whispered
A word exploded
Gestures ...
Touching me
Touching you
Gestures ...


Gone ...

Days gone ...
Family respect
Surfaced selfishness
Days gone ...
Following authority
Surfacing defiance
Days gone ...
Freedom rings
Surfacing revolution
Days gone ...
Where right is right
Surfacing chaos
Days gone ...
Thriving competition
Surfacing involved equality


Gurllllll – You're Badddddd
N0!!!! You're Gooood
a.k.a. What to do ...

What to do ...
NEEDING discipline & rules
ASKING love and acceptance
What to do ...
Curbing authority and respect
FIGHTING permission or forgiveness
What to do ...
REVEALING discomfort and pain
FEELINGS shared or experienced
What to do ...
FINDING destiny's choices or values
ASKING justice or equality
What to do ... What to do ...


He Calls

Providing CHOICE
He calls ...
Embracing TRUST
He calls ...
Rejoiced FULFILLMENT
He calls ...
Through RHYME, VERSE
and SPIRIT
He calls ...
Providing GLORY
and PRAISE
He calls ...
The CREATOR of FAITH
He calls ...
The SAVIOR of MAN
He calls ...


He Saw ... He Tried ...

When he saw wrong
He tried to right it
When he saw drama
He tried to leave it
When he saw evil
He tried to reverse it
When he saw hate
He tried to remove it
When he saw chaos
He tried peace
When he saw uncertainty
He tried charity, compassion and comfort
When He Saw ... He Tried


Hidden ...

... AGENDAS
destruction ...
GLORIFIED WARS
destruction ...
STRATEGIC EXITS
destruction ...
FALLEN SOULS AND LIMBS
utter chaos ...
RELINQUISHING DARKNESS AND DEMONS
wars, cheers and tears
HIDDEN ...
... agendas


His Image

Time's re-creation
His image ...
Life's definition
His image ...
Journey's turns
His image ...
Positions assigned if not created
His image ...
Destiny's appointment
His image ...
Struggling weaknesses
His image ...
Strengthening faith
His image ...
Glorified
His image ...
Robing love
His image ...
Redeeming chaotic failures
His image ...
Self-centered and judgmental
His image ...
Followed, followed, followed
His image ...


His Purpose

Adopted son
His purpose ...
Disciplined brotherhood
His purpose ...
Changing lives
His purpose ...
A willingness
His purpose ...
Another day another night
His purpose ...
Bridging lives
His purpose ...
The willing path
His purpose ...
Its turns, dips, and bruises
His purpose ...

(Continues...)

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Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1546246266
• ISBN 13: 9781546246268
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122