"Because I love him" By Marleny Abreu

Because I love him, are the words I hear you say

What ever happened to saying, because I love myself?

What ever happened to your feelings, do they not exist?

It took three heart breaks for me to realize this at the age of twenty-six.


It's been so long since I’ve seen your face smile, those eyes lighten,

So long since I’ve heard your words of positivity.

All I see is your soul ponder in circle of despair,

You look in all directions searching for the signs,

All your answers are deep in your soul.

Open your eyes my friend, and see what’s inside.


You are not alone, I am here for you.

To hold your hands, Catch your tears

That’s why God gave us each other, To lift each other up when needed.


All I can do is listen to your pain.

Hope that one day you will see your significance as a woman,

Hope that one day you will see what you deserve,

What you’ve long to ear, feel, see, and hold.

It’s not a fantasy that you desire,

its true love that you have not yet experience.


Definition:

1. Heartbreak- great sorrow, grief, or anguish.

2. Lighten- to brighten or light up, as the eyes or features.

3. Positivity- the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.

4. Despair- to give up hope of.

5. Ponder- to weigh carefully in the mind; consider thoughtfully

6. Significance- the quality of being significant or having a meaning.


Practice:


1. How __________________ is school to you?

2. Sometimes I just ______________ on how life would be with out Facebook.

3. When you lose hope you will feel____________.

4. Those words of ______________ always touch my heart.

5. Her face ____________________ed when she heard the good news.

6. A _______________ is always hard to over come, but it's possible.


Grammar:

Pronouns are any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have very general reference, as I, you, he, this, who, what. Pronouns are sometimes formally distinguished from nouns, as in English by the existence of special objective forms, as him for he or me for I, and by nonoccurence with an article or adjective.

Look over the poem and write 5 pronouns that you find and write a sentence using each one.

"It took 14 years, 3 months, a couple of hours, and 1 second" Written By: Marleny Abreu

It took 14 years, 3 months a couple of hours
and 1 second to realize you are the one for me.
I knew there was more to us then childhood memories
and a friendly love that brought us together throughout the years.

When I last saw you, I felt IT!
And I couldn’t believe,
how blind I was and without you saying a word,
I looked into your eyes and I realized that you are:
my happiness, my hope, my soul mate, and on that day,
I saw the truth.

Visions from the past quickly raced though my mind
and I notice that my happiest moments in life was with you.
I continued my journeys in life holding these feelings inside
and every night I dream of the day that I would say “I Love you.”

Then that day came true,
you were walking towards me with a smile on you face,
I started to say “I” and shortly you hugged me
and said “I have something to tell you”.
You walked me over to your car, and
As you opened the car door, I started to say “LOVE”
and you said “I would love for you to meet my wife.”
then, I realized that I was...
14 yrs, 3 months, a couple of hours, and 1 second to late for “YOU”..

Definitions:

1. Childhood- (Noun) The state or period of being a child.

2. Blind- (Adjective) Unable to see.

3. Soul mate- (Noun) a person with whom one has a strong affinity.

4. Visions- (Noun) the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.

5. Journey- (Noun) a traveling from one place to another.

6. Late- (Adjective) occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.


Practice:

1. I am always_______ to Church.

2. Life is full of ___________s.

3. My _______ gets worse as time goes on.

4. My Mother and Father are ______________.

5. Life would be very hard if I were______________.

6. I have so many wonderful memories of my ___________________.

Grammar:

Past tense is a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.

Ex: He walked to the store.

Look over the story and complete a list of Past tense words.

"My reason" By Marleny Abreu

I’ve met so many people in my life

some left imprints, some left scars

They say some people come in your life

for a season, for a reason, or for a lifetime

I don’t know what yours will be…

finally I got to meet what I’ve been longing to see

To taste the laughter’s, the happiness, and the tears

Never thought such natural intuition between two souls existed

Every word is right, every feeling is ecstasy

Your lips soft and passionate

Your hands manly and gentle

Your smile genuine and natural

Finally I got to feel and to see love like this exist

read through these lines you will see

my reflection smiling with gratitude and bliss

Remembering the moments that we shared with delight

I’ve met so many people in my life

Some were good and some were bad

I may never know what your purpose will be, but for now

Thank you for being my reason

to keep believing in love like thee.


Definitions:

1. Imprints-(Noun) a mark or figure impressed or printed on something.

2. Intuition- (Noun) quick insight.

3. Ecstasy- (Noun) an overpowering emotion.

4. Gratitude- (Noun) feeling of being grateful or thankful.

5. Bliss- (Noun) supreme happiness.

6. Delight- (Noun) a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment.


Practice:

1. My dog that his________ in the sand.

2. Sometimes it better to listen to your_______________.

3. An overpowering feeling is also known as____________.

4. There are people who feel no _____________ when people do them a favor.

5. I am at ____________ when I am with my family.

6. I was ____________d when I saw Melissa after seven years.


Grammar point:

Verbs are any member of a class of words that are formally distinguished in many languages, as in English by taking the past ending in -ed, that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that (when inflected) may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.

Look over the Poem and write down 5 verbs you find in the poem.