Roses grew while
Little Lillies likely query quite
Quietly quizzical
Destined to unfold
Lakeside listless ever leary
Bayside wishing wayside
Worrying
Resting by gardens of unknown
Origin to behold. Roses
Rhymes will flood the untold
And believing the best of
Believability have began
Outstanding oscillating oceans
Obviously out of time have
Been omitted from the lines
Of sacred poetry. Is it A sign?
Roses.
We used to travel to the beach,
Fish and chip shops in our reach,
Fish so fresh and flaking,
Fanta orange our thirst slaking,
In newspaper, chips were wrapped,
Bayside trips, us kids were rapt!
Blissful blossoms blooming
Look lustful lovers
Listless lovers looming
Krazy killer kisses
Swelter summer season
Belly breathing blouses
Bayside beaches burning
Winter worries wane
Glorious gracious gains
Happy hungry hearts
Dwellings do not depart
Picture pretty parts
Take the time to talk
Let listening lead to laughter
Commencing comfortable communication
HURRY HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
Pecking its way out of the golden light
Songbirds arise non-feathered when they hatch
Feathered wings lift them high in upward flight
Crested larks lay colourful eggs that match
Aeronautical flying birds in love
In the air, romancing like Valentines
Returning to where they were quite beloved
Where their hearts weren't always undermined
I know you do verily love the uplift
Even when your spirit flies to the bayside
Where imagination soars adrift
While I'm trekking on with my mighty hindsight
Bright light flies from the summits each morning
A reddish glow adorns those summits, recording:
Alpenglow!
Bayside shoppes call with vivid hint,
Array of goods in grand display;
Yield stall by stall finesse that tints,
Stuff to fit mood with poignant play;
Indulge fond taste with grandeur's range,
Delve touch that grooms in luxury;
Expound pure haste in splendour strange.
Sense charm that blooms such tapestries,
Here wealthy toys can spring delight;
Opt to receive the art of poise,
Pure play primes ploy streaming sure sight;
Prize the belief in subtle choice,
Explore grand fit to match joy's spills,
See how rich wit can match fine deals.
Leon Enriquez
06 January 2016
Singapore
Once upon a time open windows, painted crimson, sealed shut
Words dancing in the bayside breeze blow aimlessly on by
Brilliant nighttime stars, holding a thousand wishes, no longer shine
A mirthless moon begrudgingly sits silently in the solemn sky
Another guardian angel loses her wings and cries
Crickets playing nightly treats, gone on a fishing trip
Too far away, even for the trained ear, to be heard
Twelve o'clock but the church bells are not ringing
Muddle through silence hearing every unsaid word
Even the clock on the wall has a song less bird
Quietly close my tear-filled eyes, a life in rewind
Lost, not a thought, no echoes in an empty mind
08/27/2015
Here by the bay, hear echoes stray;
Watch the light rays swirl radiant ways.
Dusk descends now with distant light;
Thoughts stray somehow to roaming flights.
On the high trees, the fledglings cry;
Hunger sets frees moanings that fly.
Adult birds wing upon the boughs;
Food thanksgiving as murmurs grow.
Sunset brings dark as nightfall creeps;
Night lights now spark to flood dusk deep.
Each day a quest to mind and feel;
Adjust to fest with wit that heals.
In a sure brief, we loiter here;
Live joy and grief and let love cheer.
Leon Enriquez
22 January 2015
Singapore
Blissful blossoms blooming
Look LUSTFUL lovers
Listless lovers looming
Krazy killer kisses
Sweltering SUMMER season
Belly breathing blouses
Bayside BEACHES burning
Winter worries wane
Glorious gracious gains
HAPPY hungry hearts
Dwellings do not depart
Picture pretty parts
Take the time to talk
Let listening lead to laughter
Commencing comfortable communications
Hurry HAPPILY EVER AFTER
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