Stephanie Galve Poet Free verse

Seeing My Youth

He comes again this year
With him my buried relatives
I welcome them with warm feelings
All day everyday for a month or more
Uncertain confusing it will be pretty bemusing

I see it everyday now
Video Game Consoles
Dress ups for parties
Christmas amusement parks
first love

Easily calling today
Nostalgia gnawing
Im choked up in tears
Non stop cold rain 
On top of the Christmas weather

My Papa's love
Enveloping me
Santa making it cheery
Lola and lolo visiting
Daddy and Mommy chiming in

Youd think it would be a boy
I thought it could have been him
Cruelly mistaken
Can never shake this feeling
Dead family never lost but painful so it seems

Noche Buena on the 24th
Media Noche on New Year
Parol lit all month
Simbang gabi 
All hope and peace

Without these we are lost
We must need these 
It comes every year
Dousing it wont work
We must need it because we live through it

But then wait, for sweetness
I hold dear to the living
Only solution to shake gloom away
More resplendent than sleeping it off with kerosene
I know that now, sobered, I see it much better

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Poet Destroyer A March 21, 2016 at 10:43 PM Stephanie Galve, nice to see this one again. LINDA

Skat A January 15, 2016 at 8:06 PM :) hI, WILL YOU BE POSTING THIS YEAR... I DO HOPE TO SEE A NEW ONE FROM YOU...SKAT**

Hansteven Selfa December 22, 2015 at 9:35 AM This is splendid! I'm looking forward to your further works. @Kagamine_Hans *also from the Philippines*

Skat A December 16, 2015 at 9:02 PM Hi STEPHANIE Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT Stephanie Galve December 16, 2015 at 9:22 PM Thank you for the warm welcome

Poet Destroyer A December 16, 2015 at 4:08 AM Stephanie, WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy Poetry Soup:) Your New Poet Friend @-> LINDA <-@ Stephanie Galve December 16, 2015 at 9:24 PM Thank you, I will definitely have fun reading and writing