yesterday
i found my-
self laughing
and crying
at the same
time, and
that’s when i
realized i’m
falling in
love, with
grief, god
help me i’m
so like an
ocean my
emotions
rolling like
waves, bil-
lowing it’s
true, and
i know that
you want some-
thing, i
know ‘cause i
want it too
there’s a tune
in my head
too obtuse
to make sense
so, i
sketch these words
scribbling
scrambling
frantically
who is the
king of this
world that de-
creed that we
do as we’re
told well i
know we should
but i can’t
help but put
swine before
pearls and i
see that we’re
all singing
the melo-
dy, that
haunts our sleep
please wake me
when we get
there i want
to know the
end but i
don’t want to
know the thought
of my own
end, no
more exist-
ence, why
is our
world so
dark turn
on the
light can’t
deal with the
grief
A-nniversary
D-ay's
R-ight
I-dea
A-bout
N-uptial
&
R-egards
A-pplies
M-arriage
A-nd
C-ouple's
R-ings
I-n
S-weetness
Topic: Anniversary of Adrian & Ramacris Melo (December 29)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
R-ighteous
A-uthor's
M-arvelous
A-crostic
C-reates
R-egard
I-n
S-weet
M-essage
E-mploying
L-iterary
O-bjective
Topic: Birthday of Ramacris A. Melo (November 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
During the Fall I see leaves on the ground...
In the Summer the Sun shines in the sky
And during the night the Moon sparkles shy…
In the Winter all seems wet: fields and cities.
The snow coppers the valleys and mountains
And the world discovers that the cold is ice.
In the Spring the flowers embellish the life
And the dreams become the reason to live…
Day after day the love builds the nice nests
Where the existence renews all the truths.
In the four seasons everybody cries and smiles,
Each one looks for a place to put the head
And the asleep arrives slowly without noise.
The true sense that someone can find in the life
It’s the happy breathe under the all questions.
BY Ivan de Oliveira Melo
R-ays
A-bate
M-ist
A-s
C-ool
R-adiance
I-n
S-hine
M-akes
E-arly
L-ight
O-pen
Topic: Birthday of Ramacris A. Melo (November 01)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
I was thirteen when I found out I was magnetized by your style
Those candid smile, I long to see
I can't wait the day that you and me
Will meant to be
I don't know if it is called love and affection
All I know I was in stunt in the same motion
Like of every girl needs an attention
From love spell to sweet combination
I hate myself for falling like a statue
Days of you love me and you love me not, I count seven two
Those days were innocent of melo dramatic tattoo
Oh boy, breath of love I knew; I'm breathing for you..
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