I want to miss my kids
I want to see my hair no crumbs or cheese whiz
I want to enjoy healthy friendships
outings like camping and family things
me plus one for a change
I’m so tired of doing everything on my own
I’m always that single mom who’s alone
no partner, no man, just me,
Here I am
no other family, just a loner.
the judge me like a park perv with a *****
the way they look at me, like they pity me,
It was healthier than living with his violent mistakes
No sorry is good enough
When a man treats you worse than his stuff
Society sees a woman that can’t keep a man
They don’t see a woman strong enough to stand
Alone without allowing the disrespect to go on
Every carnival, every movie, every oil change, every bill I pay
Every flat tire every mile
every family photo a forced smile
the biggest lie ever sold
is too tell a woman she can have it all alone
she’s ripped apart shredded at each end
not knowing where she ends and the kids begin
night from day’
far from child's play
but something like a living nightmare
every lonely not long enough exhausted no rest day
Each Sunday night my family watched TV.
“Bonanza” was the favorite show for me.
It came on after Disney, at around eight,
a time so great that I could hardly wait.
My mom and dad and we 8 kids would sit
in the living room enjoying it.
Before it started, Mom would always pop
a huge tub-full of popcorn, butter atop.
When commercials came, we’d each go dip our bowl
into that container; I’d not even get full
despite my many refilled bowls of it,
for once I start with popcorn, I can’t quit!
This was one custom I really lived for
since TV watching with some snacks I adore.
It was the one night that we all together sat
bewitched by Bonanza. Nothing for fun beat that.
The rebel
Line of inquiry:
“Neither desire nor aversion
Meditation our immersion
Conditioned beliefs discarded
Hymns we hum are our own version”
Strongly I feel, I am longing for “A” one;
Justly I be intense desire;
Personal how be it drawn;
I fight against authority;
I am hierarchy;
Best be believe in me;
Repugnance, to do paired said desire;
Masting said, FIRE,
feelings of dislike, repugnance bio;
Unwillingness to do something see,
One thing paired with a desire to turn away
Subject matter dismantled, swayed
Such a soul dissident, I am a maverick;
Under baptism totally involved in an activity,
or subjects matters;
Deeply I am focus;
Midst the Hocus-Pokus;
Hymnos be still my Song of Praise;
Earth and Heaven raise my name;
Purpose of adoration, I be of royal deity;
I am the Him in Hymn, really!
worship someone or something through song;
Not conceited, I’m exceeded
A Revolutionary nonconformist just an Insurgent
Never am I ever flaw, nor wrong;
Around the North Carolina’s red clay
Flue-cured tobacco grown it grows
Seemingly towed bow down, do as I say
Flue-cured tobacco grown it grows
Not as I do, I am older than you
I smoke if you try to smoke you choke
Cough, cough, cough this isn’t a joke
Beneath the views, I choose for I do
Puff away, cough you say,
Burn this not such a puff-puff away
Nor give-give awaiting to inhale
Boy, back N my day you have,
a cigarette in a child’s age
You’ll spend a day in jail
Flue-cured tobacco grown it grows well
Seemingly towed bow down, do as I say
Flue-cured tobacco grown it grows bails
Not as I do, I am older than you
Beneath the views, I choose for I do
I smoke if you try to smoke you choke
Cough, cough, cough this isn’t a joke
Puff, puff, puff cough, cough
Them children should N be smokiN
puff-PUFF-puff
The witches brew was real thick
Also, they needed a gullible trick
To season their brew
All the way through
Those bones they wanted to pick
On Halloween the ghosts
Were in full view
Haunting and trying to
Catch you
A vampire looked around
To see how many victims
He could find, he saw
Two necks pulsing fast
So, he planned to jump their ass
Ha, he laid-in-wait for
His delicious date
So, as they walked out the door
He quickly slammed them to the floor
The two began to change
Into something that looked real strange
The poor vampire tried to flee
Not knowing that he was the key
To setting those creatures free
I never thought
I would get this old
I never thought
I would feel this cold
I never thought
that my sight would fail
I never thought
I would lose the trail
I never thought
that my friends would die
I never thought
that the truth could lie
I never thought
that the time would come
I never thought
— that my race had run
(Dreamsleep: September, 2026)
5
I do not ask for toys or sweets,
Or skirts with—watcha call it?—pleats,
I do not want this thing or other,
I want a sister or a brother.
15
She sprained her arm, she bruised her head.
I hear her crying in her bed.
It was my bike she broke. No matter,
I want my sister to get better.
30
She married her beloved Rob.
She has a kid, a part-time job.
She seems so happy, and I’m hoping
Her future stays forever open.
50
She stays afloat, she pays her bills,
She fights her wrinkles and her ills.
I know her life cannot be easy.
I only want a little visit.
70
I ask “How long from now?” as if
The doc can give me years to live.
Too soon, when I am ash and embers,
I want my sister to remember…
I'll pull you in and hold you close
Though your the wound that hurts the most
Open scars and weary bruise
I hope for love but was left bemused
My heart left stitches and fallen light
Your love left ache not far behind
I'd hold you dear as you tear me apart
The whole damn cinema watches my aching heart
But now you're just a fragment
An echo in the snow
So many reasons
though none to let go
You're the memory i buried under frost
I hoped it'd never returned at any cost
But simple days pass and I already doubt it
I cry shout and scream because im nothing without you
So bury my hope and cast me away
though my love will never be stray
All feelings go to the one who hurt me
But none go the fragile wind that guides me
I hate the way you smile
But I loved the love we rot
I hate these feelings piled
And i love the feelings caught
You taught me to be me
You broke me to be free
You fixed me up with glee
Now you break me down and flee
You gave me will to move on
But broke my will to start
Your heart deserves a new dawn
While mine remains apart
I gave you love to lean to
And you gave a poison kiss
I gave you hope to be soon
But you gave me life amiss
I lost the love I got you
And you lost the gentle smile
I kept the things you'd want too
But you tossed the memories to a pile
Seven deadly sins
within myself it begins
Every little lie built up
Now compromise for
Anger~
I lost control
Gave it up
And screamed for my soul
Lust~
I stared with such need~
Every barren love
Left me yearning for a seed~
Envy~
I was wanting to be you~
You looked so happy while i was so
Blue~
Gluttony took over and said
Eat it all until your dead
Greed told me
That I
could make it real
Take it all
In fact, just steal
Sloth told me that I could stay still
Let the water flow past
Make it real
Finally pride stepped in and said-
Nobody beats me, im the best at what i've led
Seven deadly sins
like snakes crawling up my spine
Reasons to begin
But feelings start to feel sublime...
Underneath Orion's Belt
Underneath, my love would rise
Underneath the moon, I knelt
Underneath her loving eyes
Underneath the mistletoe
Underneath her pristine prize
Underneath the ebb and flow
Underneath my lover's thighs
Underneath my hollow heart
Underneath the moonless sky
Underneath, I'm torn apart
Underneath, my love would lay
Underneath my living hell
Underneath, I hope to die
Underneath I pray to dwell
Underneath...my love and I
890.
10 Meron si Jose Radin 10:
Edge Over the Others
Si Jose Radin ay may "Edge Over the Others"
Merong Quality that Matters
Isang dekalidad na Graduate ng UP
Hindi basta-basta, indi maasi-asi
Isang dekalidad na Empleyado
Kahit maliit ang sweldo
Siya ay maaasahan
Nariyan kapag kinakailangan
Sa mga trabaho may ambag na malaki
Salamat sa Dios na Almighty.
-10/10/2025
(Dumarao)
*10 Meron si Jose Radin
889.
10 Meron si Jose Radin 9:
Top 1 in Class
Si Jose Radin ay "Top 1 in Class"
Nagawang manguna nang madalas
Top 1 sa Baitang na Ikalima
Nang dumating sa Dumarao siya
Top 1 sa Baitang na Ikaanim
Bituin ay hindi kaagad nanimdim
Top 1 parin sa Baitang na Ikapito
Sa unang taon ng hayskul nito
Top 1 hanggang Baitang na Ikawalo
Salamat sa Dios sa kaloob na talino.
-10/09/2025
(Dumarao)
*10 Meron si Jose Radin
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