By squeezing you a little tighter,
It makes our love burn even brighter.
Your touch is the fire igniter,
For that prize, I'm the fighter.
My fingers tracing your every curve,
Forcing a breath not to lose my nerve.
Two souls entrusted without reserve,
A precious gift I do not deserve.
Moving forward with steady devotion,
Standing fast through all commotion.
Time forever lost in pure emotion,
We're skin to skin lost in quiet motion.
I wrap my fingers around the pen
which has lain dormant collecting dust
for months on end feeling as if
I'm lifting a fifty pound weight
straining not just my joints
but my brain, its neurons refusing
to fire like the broken burner of a
gas stove with a malfunctioning igniter
fouling the air with noxious fumes
as it fails to burst into blue flame
a single spark threatening an explosion
that will decimate everything I hold dear
My lone gift life bestowed upon me
I once naively believed would
change everything has altered
exactly nothing as my words are
like whispers in a windstorm
to the world, to you
whose image I was deluded
enough to imagine there might
be a chance would match reality
that someone, that you
could actually care
Ferocious inimitably potent fighter,
The fictional tiger zestful might igniter;
Guard of the Antarctic primeval savage land,
Encircles by chasmal volcanoes, fire band...!
Nuwali, a bright tribe of dinosaurs era,
That changed millions of years of fauna and flora;
The big cat, comrade, and ally of the Ka-Zar,
Escapes wreck by Terminus, an alien star...!
Kiths and kins were killed by hunters of the jungle
Stives for existence and survived amid bungle;
Saves Kevin from foes and tended him as his son,
Secures him till adulthood; many wars he won...!
With his Pet Avengers, the dragons he tackles,
Each enemy before him, he calmly shackles;
Confronts El-Tigre, and Man-God; roots out monsters,
Blows out and keeps away all boasters and roasters...!
The power fight midst pet avengers and Zabu,
This leads them to horrible confrontations, new;
Suffers from infection by the zombie virus,
Archives his tasks, and becomes, for all, desirous...!!!
23 March 2023
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Dark and murky they hide their face
political appetite for many
I don't have any
even if there was a parking space
A star some born in which to be
some hunger for destruction
fear of abduction
from the paparazzi
I was almost there
I was a singer and songwriter
quite an igniter
but I didn't care
You must stay on top
or you'll be in infomercials
and winding up on commercials
this needs to stop
It has a plus side though
everything does
you can pay off the fuzz
and enter in free to your show
Being in the arena without trying
I wish I could've been so lucky
a bar stool junkie
they tell the truth when their lying
How do you really know what's wrong or right?
As when we leave our nest and begin first flight.
How do we learn that when we spread our wings,
That we will glide through life to learn new things.
Sometimes our journey wont be smooth sailing,
As we over come some hurdles but still feel we're failing.
How do we call it Love when there's only blood and tears,
Then feel so secure yet it's our one big fear.
How do we carry a child and go full term to birth,
To then ditch our blood to walk alone on this unknown earth.
How do we feed the darkness that takes over our heart,
To then allow all this hatred play out the emotion of joys part.
Negativity is heavier then any weight we gain,
To forever feeling sad and living life with our pain.
There's good in everything but I guess sometimes not,
It all depends how you want to live the life you got.
Say goodbye to the sad and shine light through the dark,
The put a smile on your face when the igniter don't spark.
Wash your worries away with your toes in the sand,
And believe in yourself to feel proud where you stand.
He reverts back to the scars of his youth
Fighting the demon he’s turning into
Trying to sweep away a fire
As he holds the igniter
Lighter fluids doused all over the broom
That's been his mood
He sits alone
looking a little confused
Why'd you saw me to the bone?
When you said it will just leave be a bruise
He’s neglected
He’s on his last leg
And he’s desperate
He’s hurtin’
So he decided he’s gonna get the last word in
Going to tip the glass left
Shake whatevers loose
And close curtain
He lifts his chin up
On a chair in his room
Hypes himself up
with whisky and valium
Tied a knot around his neck
And then tied the knot to his roof
There was nothing I could do
Just dug my hands into my head
Like I was about to tear it in two
I’m sorry that I left us
I feel sick to my soul
My brain feels infected
I just had to “dont know”
I needed help from feeling helpless
After al the sparkles I collected
I finally got the nerve
To speak up stop feeling nervous
Only to suffocate on every word
When a South Korean big boat
Was sinking with hundreds of passengers on board
Frigid water filling up its hold
The crews with captain in fear and cowardice bold
Fled betraying the hope of all the sea farers
There appeared a courageous woman head
With a sailor’s experience she was one of the co-passengers;
Rising to the occasion raring to go ahead
She took the lead in helping all the passengers half-dead
Supplying them life jackets, courage and burning hope
Keeping not a single jacket for her to elope
Promising not to leave till a single of them remained
She didn’t even think of her life, it was reported;
Many were saved but she was drowned
Among the dead her body was found
Buried in chill watery ground.
An savior of mankind with a heart sound
Igniter of the sacrificial fire
With the fire glowing within her
She was certainly inspired by the Divine bliss
Living still in human heart for her selfless sacrifice.
My mother is a mobile miracle,
her voice is the vibrant vehicle
that propels me to the pinnacle
of a sweet and super spectacle.
My mother is a world of wonder,
her blessings bury every blunder.
I grew to always plan and ponder...
For her words put flaws asunder.
My mother is a loving lamplighter,
she fights fears like a firefighter
and fuels my faith like an igniter.
Her smiles make my days brighter.
My mother is an alluring angel,
a timeless tale no tongue can tell.
Wherever beauty and bliss dwell,
my mother's love always excel.
Stay gracious
Shed not a sigh of sorrow
The love within
A majestic bliss
A treasured gift
Only blessed souls
Granted with
They unfold and blossom out.
Stay gracious
Say not on my own
I brood alone
A profound affection
Bestowed upon you
Warming your very cold spaces
Filling up your void
With company day and night.
Stay Gracious
Drop not a single word of ache
The love within
A healer, an igniter
A lofty genuine ardour
Widening your tolerance
Deepening your enlightenment
A soul of mighty powers ever sovereign.
Stay gracious
Capable of generous emotions
Revel in the love within
The heed not given
Give no heed
Intensify your endearment
Enfold your Gem of Love
That's your plea to Divine Love.
May 2nd, 2018
A veil of darkness eclipses my glare
And the star beams surrender in dismay
My whispers ascend in fervent prayer
Unfolded awe to my soul finds its way.
A supreme faith seeking a divine light
The hand of God reaches an avid soul
My fears over there change colour and might
Peace, the dark igniter, my mind consoles.
An ardent plea echoing my weakness
An unfathomed glee my whole shakes
Absorbing a desolate loneliness
Divine love, the bliss that heals the aches.
Invocations to God shall never end
Beauty and divine light to me descend.
The writer writes
All sorts of cites
The poet moves heart
To feel word art
Words in a draft
Of subtle craft
Words surge with feel
As heart reveals
Mind in a state
A bridge of fate
Heart in a swirl
A twist that twirls
Words tell a tale
To make a sale
Words in a gist
Verse craft now lists
The writer lines
Thoughts that work fine
The poet now rhymes
How feelings mime
All in a squeeze
A windy breeze
All for a smile
A style worthwhile
Not just a joke
A heavy yoke
Poet and writer
Word igniter
Leon Enriquez
04 July 2017
Singapore
He stares into the lighthouse fire
an ant in the hole
Against his throat rests the wire
a life that his beloved stole
When suddenly the sparks' igniter
is pieces of a whole
Far from his ancestral shire
he digests the mole
Betrayal for something shining brighter
he takes time to patch his soul
She stole from him his final lyre
but he will regain control
After all that's transgressed, there's nothing left
No longer will he be drowned in the reft
Do you wonder if I'm the one
Who'd calm your raging sea
Who'd be the one
To discover a path
To your true love serendipity
Am I the one
The effervescence of your soul
Igniter of flames
Fueling your desires
A chemistry of which
No other could acquire
Am I the one
You passionately desire
Secretly as it may
Tucked conveniently away
Inside your mind
I truly admire
Or will I be
Your almost divinity
The one who got away
Another love missed opportunity
In that case I'd truly advise
With words you may admire
To find my kiss you know would inspire
Your love to finally transpire
I give a sigh for I miss you
The arrow of your love sticks through my heart still
Seeing how much we adored each other my Juliet,
I am suprised not
Till the day I breath my last,you shall be of my heart
Thats why you must wait:the uplifter of my soul
Igniter of the cord of my happiness true
I am sorry,I am so sorry my love
Beyond my power it was
And on you walk out I never did
There were the winds
Of change insurmountable
That along blew me
There is none like you here
We I dwell in a land strange.
Precious,Precious are you waiting still?
Chemically: crystalline carbon compound
Commonly consumed as coffee, Coke
Choices? Consider chocolate
Craziness careens corners
Attitude and attention adjuster
Autumn afternoon activator
Accelerated activities
Ask another altruistic answerable
Fathoming fatherhood
Folgers: fresh or frozen
Foolish frolicking
Fickle frazzled frog
Favorite flavor?
French fanilla (fun!)
Famous for flying
Fan for “FREEDOM!!”
Endurance enhancer
E’erlasting elixir
Endocrine epoxic effects
Essayist endorser
I, internal igniter
Interestingly included
In iced infusions
Imagine: ignorance imploded
Nosy noisy neighbors
Night-time ne’er-ender
Negative nightmares…
Nice neanderthal!
Everyone’s elated
Elliptical epiphany!
Elephants eat evergreens!
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