Mind's Eye

By Gerardo Marcano

Gerardo Marcano is a young writer from New
York, who draws inspiration from his life to bring
you this vulnerable bilingual collection; a journey
of self discovery through assertion, self identity,
love, and spirituality. He captures a modern mix
of tender romantic poetry with the grit of urban
rhymes to invite the reader to see what lies within
his minds eye.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 21, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465304896

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MIND’S EYE

Gerardo Marcano

Copyright © 2011 by Gerardo Marcano.

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4653-6414-2

                   Ebook                                      978-1-4653-0489-6

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This collection is dedicated to my family; the genetic and the chosen few. Your unconditional love and support has made me into the man I am today. I give my humble thanks to God/Dios/Olodumare, my guardians, and my ancestors that came before me. Welcome to my Mind’s Eye.

- G

CONTENTS

PART I

All Eyes On Me

Him

Swallowing Water

Tragando El Agua

Amalgam Nation

The Angry Dancer

Toussant’s Children

Office Whore

IT’S ON

Ghetto Child

Land Minds

Andy

Mami

Mommy

House Junkies

Mods

PADRE Y HIJO

Man To Man

Beautiful When Arising

THE RED ONE

BACK

Healthy Love

PART II

Gazing, Blinded, Rolling Back.

Void

Accepting Applications

Might Be

Song To Tame A Playa’

Black Boi

ElectroLuv

Amor-Mambo

Spanish Eyes

Ojos Españoles

Frozen

Soaked

Stewed Beef

Another night without you

Otra Noche Sin Ti

Hung up

Love Song

Bolero De Amor

Daddy’s Home

Baby Boi

FUCKED

Firsts

Primeros

Patiently

Break For Love

Santo Domingo

Freestlye’s Greatest Beats Vol 26

Bed

En La Cama

Never That

This Is My Body

Real Talk

6

Handle Your Buis’

Mi Flaco

Stench

Three Little Words

PART III

Opened

Ye Of Little Faith

Let Go

Volar/ Flight

Wind Dancing

Bailando En El Viento

Desarollo

Temblar

The Coconut

Banos Blancos

Awakening

Collares

Collares

Scratched

Rayado

Calling

Iya Mi

Touched

Chango Lives !!!

Words For Ochun : The Queen Of Devotion

MAGIK

Betta’ Day

PART I

All Eyes On Me

Him

Inside these carefully guarded walls,

Made of the strongest fibers known,

Deep within the darkest chamber,

He exists,

Laughing and playing,

Unaware of the screaming,

And the anguish,

Barriers of brainwaves,

Ensuring his wide brown eyes,

Continue to dance,

Laughter personified,

With every gesture,

His tiny fragile body makes,

His joy is his blanket,

The Goddess cradles him in her arms,

Without ever physically touching him,

He knows all there is to know,

Lies in the fact that he knows nothing at all,

He does not recognize the salt taste of streaming tears,

He has no concept of life lasting scars,

All he knows is that he is,

And that he is loved.

Swallowing Water

Words escape me.

Even with so much to say,

Poetry pleading to exist,

Memories at the tip of my tongue,

Fail to reach my pencil tip.

Emotions splashed,

Lost in an ocean of brain waves,

Words wanting to be saved,

From being lost at sea,

Swept away in the currents,

Like the soul who tries to utter them.

Tragando El Agua

Palabras me escapan,

Incluso con tanto de decir,

Poesía que aboga para existir,

Memorias trabadas en la lengua fallan llegar al lápiz,

Emociones salpicadas,

Perdido en un océano de ondas cerebrales,

Palabras que quieren ser rescatadas,

De ser perdido en el mar,

Peleando contra las corrientes,

Como el alma que intenta pronunciarlas.

Amalgam Nation

The eyes are not a simple brown,

Look closer.

Note the touch of honey sickle,

That sorrounds dark pupils,

Crimson hairs that highlight the ebony,

On