http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest blog posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5My friend's mother once told me as they were burying her son "You've already taken a life, child now go and save one..." Six in the evening and I'm layin' in bed Tryin' to clear the cobwebs outta my head Tryin' to get right from ...http://denver.yourhub.com/GreenValleyRanch/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~689902.aspx11/19/2009 3:49:18 PMMike Martinez Whose love is this that has set me free and whose hands are these having mercy on me Who hears my cries as I'm down on one knee Trinity, sweet Trinity When I close my eyes I can always feel my God, dear God with a love so real... Night, day, sunset, sunrise ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~686096.aspx11/12/2009 9:02:57 AMMike Martinez I never could have you because it wasn't designed I never could love you "love" as you'd have it defined I never could leave you you're my heart, you're my mind I never could save you but I won't leave you behind My love for you goes so far beyond love You're my angel, you're my d...http://denver.yourhub.com/Glendale/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~677460.aspx10/26/2009 9:24:21 PMMike Martinez There once was a time when this land was home No fences, no boundaries, no golden dome With paths of grass, not streets of chrome Where the buffalo roam, where the buffalo roam From sea to sea, to shining sea Before the bloody war turned it all to debris and before somebody started studyin...http://denver.yourhub.com/Franktown/Blogs/Your-Voice/Blog~677448.aspx10/26/2009 8:31:33 PMMike Martinez Look at your child your beautiful child When was the last time they cried the last time they smiled When was the last time you watched them run, watched them climb because the last time you did could be the very last time Hug 'em and kiss 'em and tuck 'em in tight...http://denver.yourhub.com/FederalHeights/Blogs/Archive/Blog~662911.aspx10/5/2009 8:53:06 PMMike Martinez I remember the day the day you were born Through the gates of Heaven I could hear the angel's horn as you came out of the darkness a world that's always night And you breathed, and you cried and you reached for the light And from that very first...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Blogs/Archive/Blog~643041.aspx8/3/2009 10:07:57 PMMike Martinez I sent 50 different letters out to 50 different people people who I love, friends and family I asked them to meet me on a Friday afternoon at my favorite park, under my favorite tree The heading of the letter read "If things get tough how many of you would truly be th...http://denver.yourhub.com/Erie/Blogs/Archive/Blog~637264.aspx7/16/2009 10:47:38 PMMike Martinez He can barely walk and he can hardly talk and I always see this junkie up and down my block Dazed and confused, in his own little zone Stumblin', bumblin', lost...and all alone All the kids make fun of him and give him the bird and he just tells 'em that he loves 'em and tries to ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Englewood/Blogs/Archive/Blog~630045.aspx6/24/2009 10:33:28 PMMike Martinez I enter the center the center of my heart Weeping oh, so deeply, truly torn apart How much pain, how much rain can one heart take How many tears throughout the years before it starts to break The lonely times, the lonely rhymes No love of my own My heart crumbles, blin...http://denver.yourhub.com/Edgewater/Blogs/Archive/Blog~624034.aspx6/6/2009 8:26:42 AMMike Martinez I'm not blind but sometimes I don't see why, dear God, you're so good to me I know, my dearest Lord, that I've made you cry and every time I did you just turned a blind eye Your patience with me, it must get a little thin because of all the trouble that I've caused and been in ...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverSouth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~598783.aspx4/1/2009 9:55:38 PMMike Martinez This is for all my babies. No matter how old they are, they will always be my little babies. I want to be your hero I want my words to be desired I want to be loved respected and admired I want to be looked up to my advice to be wanted I will help you in your battles and stand u...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Blogs/Archive/Blog~598765.aspx4/1/2009 8:52:13 PMMike Martinez She sits all alone all alone in the dark Facing the unknown all alone in the dark Staring at the phone all alone in the dark No one to call her own all alone in the dark They used to have it all towards the end of the beginning Life was such a ball towards the e...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~598293.aspx3/31/2009 7:03:57 PMMike Martinez Duane "Big D" Johnson 11.15.1944 - 03.13.2009 When you finally fall down one truth remains true You are judged by us still living by how we remember you The measure of a man isn't too hard to find It's by what they leave behind in the depths of our mind It's by al...http://denver.yourhub.com/Conifer/Blogs/Archive/Blog~597232.aspx3/29/2009 2:02:27 AMMike Martinez Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I should die before I wake dear God, please send me back, there must be a mistake I promised my babies I wouldn't leave, I wouldn't die until they spread their own wings and were ready to fly When you put them in my ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CommerceCity/Blogs/Archive/Blog~587852.aspx3/5/2009 10:09:50 PMMike Martinez Crazy dream last night. It was a morning like this morning, and it might've been this morning that the love of my life broke away with no warning I don't know who she is but she ran, ran away even though I begged her, though I begged her to stay I said I would do anything for jus...http://denver.yourhub.com/CherryHillsVillage/Blogs/Archive/Blog~584505.aspx2/25/2009 11:25:38 PMMike Martinez Shooting star, shooting star how I wonder what you are Sometimes you're so very close other times so far When you're close, I hold you tight I don't want you to go I long to see you every night more than you can know The way you glow, the way you shine I swear I feel ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Centennial/Blogs/Archive/Blog~577703.aspx2/7/2009 8:47:24 AMMike Martinez Like a frightened child holds his mommy's hand I hold unto you, Lord Like a puzzled child who can't understand I ask upon you, Lord Like a stubborn child ignores a command I sometimes leave you, Lord Like a brave little child making a stand I stand before you, Lord I stan...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Blogs/Archive/Blog~577207.aspx2/5/2009 7:02:09 PMMike Martinez What if my life had gone a different way and I was no longer the person that I am today If I were completely different, like night and day Would you still love me always, anyway What if, my love, I never, ever met you and it wasn't meant to be that I would ever get you or if yo...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastlePines/Blogs/Archive/Blog~576287.aspx2/3/2009 6:41:51 PMMike Martinez Wanna see the world become all you've dreamed of? Start a revolution, a revolution of love Love somebody, anybody, everybody needs love Love someone, anyone, everyone you think of Every person that we come across, all that come our way Tell 'em that we love 'em, try and...http://denver.yourhub.com/Broomfield/Blogs/Archive/Blog~570302.aspx1/19/2009 10:12:18 PMMike Martinez Someday I'm going to fail you, and you'll fail me, too because we're only people, and that's just what people do Dear Child, I will fail you, I know that it's true no matter how often I tell you I love you No matter how many ways I show you I care wh...http://denver.yourhub.com/Brighton/Blogs/Archive/Blog~564270.aspx1/4/2009 9:20:39 PMMike Martinez When you laugh, I laugh my beautiful rose I'm laughing right now, laughing from the pain of the day I fell in love when we were running in the rain The calm before the storm, the warm before the cold the days and nights together before it started to unfold And when ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Boulder/Blogs/Archive/Blog~563472.aspx12/31/2008 8:43:41 PMMike Martinez My Christ, my King to Thee do I pray Thank You, Lord, for creating me today From crawling and crying to trying to fly and holding firecrackers on the Fourth of July Downhill on my Big Wheel at an incredible speed and having no "R's" when I was...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Blogs/Archive/Blog~562444.aspx12/28/2008 9:27:31 AMMike Martinez "Daddy, daddy, let's go out and play" Tomorrow, son, daddy's busy today "Mommy, mommy, can we go to the zoo" Maybe tomorrow, sweetie, mommy's got a lot to do Look at little Johnny, playin' all alone again Mama's plannin' parties and daddy's off at ten So Johnny sits ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Blogs/Archive/Blog~556762.aspx12/9/2008 5:48:16 AMMike Martinez I can't seem to remember how many friends I've carried how many I've cried for, how many I've buried How many different mothers I've watched shed tears I seem to have forgotten over all these years And I can't seem to remember that most grisly sound The cranking of the c...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~553453.aspx11/30/2008 1:19:57 AMMike Martinez When Jenny gets carried home again Dear God. Dear God We'll give her a proper service then Dear God. Dear God The men will tear and the boys will cry The ladies they will dry their eye And we'll all feel gray when Jenny gets carried home We'll cover her with lace and...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~546491.aspx11/10/2008 7:36:09 PMMike Martinez I killed myself along the way to the here and now I did a few more things than I know You'd allow I got twisted, broken, and I don't know how But as I stand here before You, Lord, to Thee do I vow... that never will I ever die the way I used to die and whenever my fore...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~546058.aspx11/9/2008 11:06:30 PMMike Martinez Hold me, Lord, caress the child inside the one who see's the darkness and wants to run and hide The boy who keeps climbing, only to slide Because I finally caught a glimpse from the other side... I just can't imagine looking my son in his eyes and seeing the teardrops d...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~545676.aspx11/7/2008 11:00:19 PMMike Martinez It's okay, little Dominic, don't be scared your brother knows you loved him, he knows you always cared He knows you always helped him whenever you could He knows you showed compassion when nobody else would He knows you were always there, trying to look out because that's what being a...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~503497.aspx8/3/2008 12:06:57 AMMike Martinez I really don't know what made us say hi but a teardrop of love fell from my eye I didn't have to question, I didn't ask why February 23rd, I found my butterfly Why do we lose sight of the tomorrows we once had When things are good, why do they sometimes turn bad When people sho...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~499763.aspx7/24/2008 7:55:12 PMMike Martinez Man, I had this crazy dream last night. You know, one of those "real" kind of dreams. Someday, but not today ;-) I looked in the mirror as a kid, and what did I see A happy, silly kid looking back at me Running and playing, his spirit never confined No hurries, no worries, not a car...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Blogs/Archive/Blog~489284.aspx6/26/2008 7:23:57 PMMike Martinez