MY HERO

In my heart you have always been my hero

At the break of dawn you are already awake

And work so hard to take care of me

You did not have the best job

But you always provide meal on the table
Took care of all the needs of the family 

I am sorry at my youth, I proved to be stubborn

I put you through much pain and embarrassment 

Thought I was keeping my pride

I never knew you wanted the best for me

But I am glad you did not spared the rod

It is what has guided me to become independent today

I know I have not been a good kid

You where patient, and knew I was going to come around

I never understood why you made reference to the past

Yet glad I listened; despite I did not understand

You taught me that we can make our own future

We all had a chance to fashion our goals
Towards achieving success in life 

Who will ever thought I will be writing a poem about you

Neighbors criticized me that I will amount to no good

Today their faces are filled with shame and disbelief 
Mouth locked for fear of self conviction
When they see me walking with my head up high 

Nothing I give back can compensate for your love

I can not repay back all the sacrifices you made for my sake

I am so sorry life has never been fair to you
You are my hero, the sun that shines in my dark life

I would have been lost if it had not been for you

Thank you for helping me to succeed in life

Because of you, I am proud to be a fulfilled man
I will forever love and cherish you dad

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FRAGILE MEMORIES

My thoughts have been endless

My ambition staring at me

Am in the middle of my ecstasy

Trying to find the path of an ambition man

Within a little time I had to make my own destiny

And accept her unconditionally

Make friends in a world full of enmity

Challenge the odds this worlds has offered

Can you hear the silence of the night?

The memories she carries as she fades away?

The memories she bears for a million years?

It must have been a burden been a man

Carrying so much worries in our heart

An unnecessary regrets for fate we can’t influence

I must make my tomorrow’s today

Be a proud pauper than a zealous king

A servant to my own heart

A slave to my ambitions

And an hero to a deprived man

CROSSROAD

Just one road to cross

Just one life to live

Life’s so short to live all our dreams

It’s so fast if you don’t have a grip

You can lose all you've been working so hard for

Sometimes it can sneak behind you

Make you lose faith in all what you believe in

Every man is striving to live a decent life

Sometimes he does odd jobs just to get by

Maybe man’s destiny has been predetermined

To carry the burden of the world on his shoulder

He has the knowledge, strength, skills, foresight and passion

The will to hustle and provide his family’s daily needs

For this reason God made the sun to always shine down on him

He is a stranger to his own ambition and listens to his conscience
Life is on a cross road, we've got just one path to take