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CITADEL AND CONSTELLATIONS


The green leaves in rugged moans;
The tall bushes in rumbling groans;
The roofs train creaks-- their fugue
blow cobwebs hugging branches below,
such  are precursors inviting darkness lair

for  stormy   clouds   before   crowd  the  days.
Yellow horizon seem unreachable honey
as in my life's ocean, balloon  billows  I   bear.
I-- surged in every swell to skirt  yet   still
lashing waves dashed pushing me sometimes to despair.

Again, cataclysm walk unheralded casting loose
my arms lift upon the glimmer of silver lining from afar
somber shadows enshrouded me in a mist of struggles.
Ounce of strength I have, I try to juggle and juggle
yet, curses fell from hearts and lips parched of love.

All   these    came,   one    and    all --
the flowing light has flickered flash and gone
but beyond all these you stood -- my sentinel...
You hushed the bad constellations hanging 'round my world
like a lighthouse guiding a lost ship to his home.

Yes! You are my beacon, a promontory amidst
cyclic onslaught brambles and chameleons,
a rock  to cling in the wind's creeping fury,
Staunch and firm,  my ñhero fighting the torrential
cascade of tirades and reproaches:  MY CITADEL. . . 
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***Sponsor	Shadow Hamilton
Contest Name	Your Favourite Old Poem #2 
++Placed 2nd++

***Sponsor	Justin Bordner
Contest Name	How You Make The Stars Hush 
++Placed2nd++

©O.E. Guillermo
06:37 pm, February 24, 2015

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Skat A

Date: 6/11/2015 4:14:00 PM

OLIVE, :-) Congratulations with your wonderful win! *SKAT*

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 6/14/2015 1:06:00 AM

thank you so much SKat.. :)!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 6/11/2015 8:26:00 AM

I enjoyed your winning poem. Congrats!

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 6/14/2015 1:04:00 AM

thanks muhcRIchard! :D!

Kp Nunez

Date: 3/17/2015 12:48:00 AM

Breathlessly beautiful, lovely and sweet, my dear kabayan. Congratulations on your well-deserved win! Mabuhay! :)

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 6/9/2015 5:43:00 AM

Kim, thank you so much for your continuous support and comment.. =') God bless us all..

Justin Bordner

Date: 3/15/2015 8:49:00 PM

To have a heart that you can rely on...to place your heart into the hands of someone who will love you just as much for your pain as well as for your beauty and brilliance, that's a hope of love we all seek, and which you have expressed with agile affection, honesty, and exquisite word use..."Yes, your are my beacon, a promontory amidst the cyclic onslaught of brambles and chameleons..." that's beautiful companionship Olive...J.A.B. A FAV!!!

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 6/9/2015 5:41:00 AM

Justin, I just know that when I wrote this poem I was so inspired.. =') thank you for considering it a worthy winner.. =')

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 3/14/2015 7:03:00 AM

Wow Olive a real captivating write here,, congrats on top place win!

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 3/17/2015 8:29:00 AM

Thanks much Dr. Upma.. :)! thanks you for your captivating comment. :)

Sandra Haight

Date: 3/13/2015 7:28:00 PM

Congratulations, Olive, on your well-deserved podium win for this beautiful and inspiring poem. Love your last stanza in particular! Hugs, Sandra

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 3/17/2015 6:06:00 AM

Thanks much Sandra.. :)! I 'm glad you enjoyed my poem.. :) And yes I love most the last stanza too.. :)!

Laura Breidenthal

Date: 3/13/2015 7:13:00 PM

"as in my life's ocean, balloon billows I bear." Such a great line and you have many original concepts throughout. A lovely poem! Thanks for sharing and congrats on your placement!Always,~Laura

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 3/16/2015 9:05:00 AM

Thanks much LAura.. :)! I appreciate your drop by.. :)!

Debbie Guzzi

Date: 3/13/2015 1:53:00 PM

Wonderful use of vocabulary! Congratulations on your winning verse. Light & Love

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 3/16/2015 9:00:00 AM

Thanks much Debbie.. :) Sometimes I want to dig in more to bring about certain things to be describe the way i want it too.. :) and I am always told to show and not to tell. :)!

Jan Allison

Date: 3/13/2015 8:46:00 AM

The imagery is incredible Olive - the final stanza is wonderful you have found your citadel - your rock:-) Hugs Jan xx many congrats on your high placement:-) Hugs Jan xxx 7 xxx

Olive Eloisa Guillermo - Fraser
Date: 3/16/2015 8:58:00 AM

weeee it's been my long prayer and dream to have a person who can be my rock and citadel.. :)! weee thanks much.. hugs back.. :D