Spanglish Love

By; Emiliano Vazquez-Parrales

For : Alexa Seda

English is a funny language

It inspires courage in the hearts of the meek

And strikes fear in the minds of our enemies

But of all the things it can do

There is one thing it can not

It can’t give me the words to say

I love you

When I search through the vast desert of the English language

All I can find are the skeletal remains

Of overused love clichés

And dry words that turn to dust in my mouth.

English is not a language of love

And while we hear about it in songs

They cannot express for what my heart longs

All I can say in Italian is amore

This is not enough

And my French is limited to omlet di formag

That’s a cheese omelet if you do not know

And it really doesn’t help me at all

I can say Wo Ai Ni

But it isn’t poetry if it doesn’t have a part of me

Pero mi amor si se hablar en español

Y te quiero decir

Que eres el centro de mi Corazon

Tu eres todo lo que podia pedir en una mujer

Y mas quiero ser tu hombre

Eres tan bella, no

Eres tan ermos que todavia tengo dificultura

Decidiendo las palabras que debo usar

Yet so far I still come up short.

Neither language is enough

Pero la union de las dos creo que va a trabajar

Tus ojos

Your lips

Tu cuerpo, and your heart

Your eyes

Tus labios

Your body, y tu Corazon

Are the perfect combinacion

I know that I may not always be there when you want me to

Pero namas cierra tus ojos y veras

Que yo siempre estare alli

Para ti, y solo para ti.

I love you, Te amo, Je vous aime, L’amo, 我愛你