What a hell of a journey

I came really close that time

California

92 Nobel prize winners!

Maybe I can snag one

bring it home

Imagine my dad

finally bursting with pride

not over some small dreams

No! That was big

That was UC Berkeley

where I’d wipe away

every trace of dirt

every misstep

But then I blew it

Not even close I got to a UC doctor

Back to my holy land

back to the history of my home

What a hell of a journey

After a couple months in the south 

I returned the right way to California

but to a world alive

with so many cultures

so many different stories

Yes, this is the true California

What a hell of a journey

MIT, Harvard, UC

They all faded into dreams

Yet, here I am

loving what I love

thinking

hiking

biking

dancing

dreaming of a better world

just because I want to

Am I zen?

I’ve always been a bit different

I went to grab some bread from the bakery

three guys jumped on me

took my money and clothes

I came back home in my underwear

I was just 10

They tried to take California from me

They tried to steal my dignity

snatched away my great vision 

What a hell of a journey

I’m here

loving to read the poets

letting my soul flow down rivers of images

I will do it all again

Dear Nietzsche

Are you listening to me?

I’ll do it again and again

I’ll live this forever

That’s my journey

not better

impossible to be less

Just my love

pulsing like a little bird

craving to fly again