A little play with voice and point of view- can you guess who is who?

We were supposed to grow old….

The step thinks,

 Time in a line

   Line in time

     In a time line

A in Line

This the time or not? What will she do?

This time, cus time pushes, and that next step is there right there vexin,g hexing her on. 

“Oh what will I choose this time?

Living my time is no use any more.” She says.

The step thinks,

Rules of curiosity are blurred-no one has time-

She ran off with the spoon over the moon.

Catch her saying a rhyme at least this time she knows how too.

The step sings back,

Least she be lost in the steps of this timeline

again, over-n-over flow-n-grow with just a touch,

a lift of that leg, she’ll step forward.

Eyes open, she pushes that strand back, and clears her view,

“Be known to me step,

Step stairs where do I ride?

Can’t hide, must choose now or never

Haven’t slept since last time awwww.

“That last time,

them were good times,

that step was a hard black highway 94W – 257 mile to the north

Hold your breath cuz you ain’t dead yet,

lovely plateau nights,

Party rooftops,

hidden high rise windows,

feeling two cities at once.

Yep, that step was the lovely one.

Too many false steps have led to this, contemplative,

Hesitated,

Procrastinated,

Faithful,

Step.” 

You still

Breathing? Answers that faithful step.

“Oh, Yes Ma’am I am”

How do you read to your child?

My daughter and I love to read right before bed time. 

We turn on the night light, pile up the pillows and lean together up against the wall, on the bed. 

She picks a book and I pick a book, from her collection, as she calls it. 

First, I read the book she picked out, and then I read the one I picked out.

As I read to her, she is repeating each word I say. 

I love to hear her echo because I know she is trying hard to read and understand each word and the way it sounds.

How do we read?

We love to read in unison!

***This is what I wrote to enter to win a free Pat Mora book! At Mamiverse!
Link for Book Giveaway

I remember Mrs. Mora from the University of Minnesota, I had the privilege to have a semester dedicated to Chicana/Women Studies and our class meet her, and she told us about her new book writing adventures and how she had found her 'child' voice! At the time I didn't know that Chicanas were writing children books. In fact, I believe that year, Gloria Anazaldua just had come out with her first children's book. I loved the art work in both their works so much that I bought the bookmarks for books. Pat is an awesome speaker and great teacher. She planted the seed in me to write and the courage to be bi-cultural and not give a peep about it. I'm referencing to my favorite poem of hers. Pat Mora's Legal Alien Poem
That took me 20 minutes to find online--I hope you read it!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the life of a future Latino Children's book author: (if you like this tidbit read more at my new website where I am recording my writing life and tips at http://writinglatinochildrensbooks.com/ )

I love this picture of me because it symbolizes my approach to my stories and writing life. My stories are big like the cat and have an element of fear for me. I approach this challenge with a smile and realize it's just a picture of my imagination...