My heart reflects the silver of the moon;
your golden love, it bathes my dreamy swoon.
There's a beach where the sand
Won't get in your shoes
Or stick to your skin
When you're covered with sweat.
The shore's always clean
No trash or dead fish
And the water's still
Clear enough to drink.
In your mind, I hope and pray,
There's room for me
To kick that sand around
And be with you on your shore.
The barriers to my affection
Are iron gates
With spikes that impale anyone
Who dares to perch too long
In pursuit of promise, he journeyed far,
A dual path of toil and academic star.
Leaving loved ones, a distant shore,
He braved new faces, some warm, others a bore.
Hostility's sting, he wouldn't endure,
Focus on friendly souls, his heart's allure.
Through want and need, he pressed on ahead,
Enticing pleasure, a siren he'd rather be dead.
Night's silence, his studies' sacred space,
Research and lessons, his waking pace.
"A purpose unknown, makes sleep a delight,"
He'd tell himself, through the dark of night.
His children's voices, a heartfelt refrain,
"Daddy, when?" "Soon," he'd say, in love's sweet strain.
Though absence pained, he'd endure the test,
For future's promise, his family's crest.
Days too long for the sun to bite still hard,
All trees bring forth leaves that are mostly green,
Different hues are what summer fails to preen,
With grace, yet with force, summer's hands bombard.
Rain may catch even the prepared off guard,
Its runoff sweeps paved roads fresh, clear and clean,
Its grains and pebbles make the oceans glean,
Yet it lets wild weeds grow in each farmyard.
Longer night, fall, I beg of you to bring,
With coolness that summer deprived me of,
So on my bed I can sleep like a king,
And turn it into a playground for love,
Where our love and our affection can sing,
As we playfully embrace, push, and shove.
To feel worthless and lost
can be the worst defeat;
don't wear that look of pretentiousness
it takes away every joy and sweetness!
No, there's no deep affection of woman ,
that once those lips whispered sweetly,
and that magical glow could never be broken:
I put my trust and faith in you so sincerely!
My existence is hunted by demons,
no hell is more frightful than mine;
my sleep is nights of unrestfulness:
don't lay next to me without desire!
No, there's no deep affection of woman,
nor that love that made me fall suddenly;
even my despair breaks me down slowly:
I barely smile, and I often cry out in pain!
Isn't it strange for us to make believe all is fine?
Isn't it hypocritical to hold onto a lie and go on?
Don't fake ecstasy when there's no deep affection
of woman that offers a happiness little divine!
There's no deep affection of woman
in whatever you may give or say,
ah, this spell must be broken:
I'll be free to love anybody!
From the beginning
Your love held me in good stead
Keeping my soul with constancy
Before my eyes discerned the light
Before my hands discovered their might
Before my mouth your name could say
Before my feet could find their way
Before my ears could give direction
Before my heart savored your affection
From the beginning
Your love held me in good stead
Keeping my soul with constancy
L-ove
I-s
Z-estfully
A-pplied,
N-icely
O-ffering
V-ery
I-ntimate
C-onnection
I-'m
O-n
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Liza Novicio)
Sweetness~
that's what you are,
the last smile of sunset.
Your love seeps into memory,
fixing the old riddle love once foretold,
bringing smiles and true affection~
like a treasure to own,
as my own crush,
my warmth.
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A whisper soft, a tender glance,
Like sunlight through the morning’s dance.
Your laughter sings, so warm, so bright,
A beacon in my darkest night.
Hand in hand, our hearts align,
Two souls entwined, a love divine.
Through every storm, through joy and pain,
I’d choose you, love, again… again.
I don't remember
The first time I saw you.
I don't remember a lot of it,
Just that it was sultry.
There was a crowd,
And then there was you.
I only remember a wave of emotions,
All different but the same at the same time.
I recall my heartbeat changing.
I recall a wave of cool,
And it wasn't out of fear, but instead of -
My love for you caught me by surprise.
It hit me like a tidal wave,
And swept me away like a hurricane.
It rages like a storm.
It's like a phenomenon
Which to this day,
For the love of me, I can't explain.
Endless Affections
I know nothing but
A love in her smiles.
Years passed without a date;
Love was disappearing in miles.
The distance of time and place,
Mountains and valleys,
The love failed to race.
In the silence of many days,
The wind blew the message:
“For not giving up,
There is always a wage,
That’s to enjoy our hope.”
A bird in the sky
Made a nest
For us to stay
And our love to rest.
A-s
N-ame
N-icely
A-pplies
L-ove
Y-ou
N-eed
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Monocrostic (Birthday of Annalyn Javier)
She reflects us,
In body and soul,
Our marital love and struggles,
shaped her emotions and dreams.
In the early years, she was the pupil of our eyes,
She was the lovely princess in our little castle,
We floated together with care bears on white silky clouds,
We flew together with Mary Poppins million times.
Her aches and pains always seemed like ours,
Her tears of joy and frustration always replicated in our eyes.
Her sorrow and setbacks together we dared,
Her laughter and happiness happily we shared.
Her ambitions and adventures, we always encouraged,
Her mistakes and teenage isolations, we willingly ignored,
Her goals in life, we always stood behind,
She is our daughter and will remain our love for the rest of our life
She gambled on you
She walked a bridge too far
You didn't feel it true
It was too high a bar
She could have tried talking
That way she would've known
Behind your infatuation
Real affection hadn't grown
She thought there was a bond
A mystical dream
But the wizard lost his wand
You were just a prop in the scene
She dreamed of a fire
You by her side
But love was a liar
Reason should guide.
She raised the stake
But gambling's a sin
with two eyes on the snake
The house has to win
Now it’s too late
To rewrite the part
She wagered on fate—
Then embittered her heart
I know we all get burnt
But I wish it hadn't gone so far
Lessons have to be learnt
Only Fate held the cards.
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