Beneath a crown of jagged, frozen night,
He sits upon a throne of ash and bone.
His breathing steals the silver from the light,
And leaves the gasping, frightened world alone.
No crimson robe adorns this solemn king,
But woven shadows draped across his chest.
He does not speak, yet dark horizons ring
With quiet echoes of his utter task.
His scepter is the sudden, chilling frost
That halts the beating of a summer heart.
He counts the treasures that the living lost,
And tears the fabric of the stars apart.
Yet beauty lingers in his hollow gaze,
A quiet peace within the longest sleep.
He ends the torment of the winding maze,
And guards the secrets that the dead must keep.
What was the price I paid for life?
None; it was given me.
The cost of spite and strife
Was great, but I in turn learned humility.
With age came wisdom and dignity,
The scepter of compassion,
The scales of honesty,
Where we need
Consider the frailty
Of those tender hearts
Fallen before me,
For there is always a price to pay
For living as what we say,
Be it by fault
Or be it by may.
“Man’s word is god in man”,
I once read an old King say.
721.
Prayer to Mary:
Our Lady of Good Success
Hail Mary, Mother & Queen of Goodness
You are not a goddess, but you are our Patroness
The Our Lady of Good Success, oh Nuestra Señora
Grant us good success, oh Ave Maria
By God's love, provide good success to your son or daughter
Who asks it through you, our Heavenly Mother
By God's mercy, bestow good success to those who bow or lean
To your mantle & scepter, our Heavenly Queen.
Amen.
-10/21/2019
(Dumarao)
*Prayer to Mary as the Our Lady of Goodness
720.
Prayer to Mary:
Our Lady of Good Voyage
Hail Mary, Mother & Queen of Goodness
You are not a goddess, but you are our Patroness
The Our Lady of Good Voyage, oh Nuestra Señora
Grant us good voyage, oh Ave Maria
By God's love, provide good voyage to your son or daughter
Who asks it through you, our Heavenly Mother
By God's mercy, bestow good voyage to those who bow or lean
To your mantle & scepter, our Heavenly Queen.
Amen.
-10/20/2019
(Dumarao)
*Prayer to Mary as the Our Lady of Goodness
719.
Prayer to Mary:
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Hail Mary, Mother & Queen of Goodness
You are not a goddess, but you are our Patroness
The Our Lady of Good Counsel, oh Nuestra Señora
Grant us good counsel, oh Ave Maria
By God's love, provide good counsel to your son or daughter
Who asks it through you, our Heavenly Mother
By God's mercy, bestow good counsel to those who bow or lean
To your mantle & scepter, our Heavenly Queen.
Amen.
-10/19/2019
(Dumarao)
*Prayer to Mary as the Our Lady of Goodness
718.
Prayer to Mary:
Our Lady of Good Hope
Hail Mary, Mother & Queen of Goodness
You are not a goddess, but you are our Patroness
The Our Lady of Good Hope, oh Nuestra Señora
Grant us good hope, oh Ave Maria
By God's love, provide good hope to your son or daughter
Who asks it through you, our Heavenly Mother
By God's mercy, bestow good hope to those who bow or lean
To your mantle & scepter, our Heavenly Queen.
Amen.
-10/18/2019
(Dumarao)
*Prayer to Mary as the Our Lady of Goodness
717.
Prayer to Mary:
Our Lady of Good Help
Hail Mary, Mother & Queen of Goodness
You are not a goddess, but you are our Patroness
The Our Lady of Good Help, oh Nuestra Señora
Grant us good help, oh Ave Maria
By God's love, provide good help to your son or daughter
Who asks it through you, our Heavenly Mother
By God's mercy, bestow good help to those who bow or lean
To your mantle & scepter, our Heavenly Queen.
Amen.
-10/17/2019
(Dumarao)
*Prayer to Mary as the Our Lady of Goodness
716.
Prayer to Mary:
Our Lady of Good Health
Hail Mary, Mother & Queen of Goodness
You are not a goddess, but you are our Patroness
The Our Lady of Good Health, oh Nuestra Señora
Grant us good health, oh Ave Maria
By God's love, provide good health to your son or daughter
Who asks it through you, our Heavenly Mother
By God's mercy, bestow good health to those who bow or lean
To your mantle & scepter, our Heavenly Queen.
Amen.
-10/16/2019
(Dumarao)
*Prayer to Mary as the Our Lady of Goodness
715.
Prayer to Mary:
Our Lady of Good Remedy
Hail Mary, Mother & Queen of Goodness
You are not a goddess, but you are our Patroness
The Our Lady of Good Remedy, oh Nuestra Señora
Grant us good remedy, oh Ave Maria
By God's love, provide good remedy to your son or daughter
Who asks it through you, our Heavenly Mother
By God's mercy, bestow good remedy to those who bow or lean
To your mantle & scepter, our Heavenly Queen.
Amen.
-10/15/2019
(Dumarao)
*Prayer to Mary as the Our Lady of Goodness
To veil light we cloaked it in bliss,
intellect lowered, minds fused,
together as magnets pull.
Where truth lies, we seek to find.
We built a throne of brick and breath,
And called the shadow ours.
Each heavy wall a quiet myth,
to hide the sun in castles.
The garments stitched of golden pride,
felt cold against the warmth and love.
We kept the fragile sparks inside,
obedient and still.
Yet forms must crack when roots expand,
And magnets lose their pull.
We drop the scepter from the hand,
And smash the hammer to pieces.
The cloth unwinds, the layers fall,
no armor left to wear.
No higher names, no sacred walls,
just silence in the air.
The blinding dawn breaks through the seams,
the pitch dusk takes hold of the gold,
leaving nothing left to hide.
She stitched the Morning to the Day—
With Thread no Eye could see—
The Kettle sang—a Hymn of Steam—
The Bread—a Liturgy—
She knew the Language of the Seed—
The Seasons—and the Sky—
She watched the Sparrow choose its Home—
Without inquiring—Why—
Her Kingdom had no Marble Gates—
No Trumpet marked her Name—
Yet every Child who learned to Love—
Inherited her Flame—
She held no Scepter—but her Hands
Could quiet Fear—and Pain—
A Garden answered every Step—
With Lilac—after Rain—
The World may barter Crowns for Dust—
And Praise what glitters—Bright—
Yet Hearths are built by Patient Hearts—
Who kindle—Silent—Light—
If Time forgets such Gentle Souls—
The Roses will Recall—
For those who bend—to lift another—
Stand—Quietest—of All.
188.
Hail Queen of All Media
Hail Queen of All Media
Fit for horror, comedy & drama
Thou hold the scepter of soap opera
Thou alone our prime idol
Of rich & poor, masses & all
Cape of charisma to you install
Delight of song & dance
Brilliant of head & appearance
Thou don the train of elegance
Thy awesome aura to public a jewelry
It's rigorous to find thee any awry
Thy flawless radiance is a phylactery
Any man to you shall kneel & bow down
Black or white, meztizo or mulatto or skin is brown
They stand with awe before thy precious crown.
-08/08/2012
*My Twilight Poems Collection
39.
Ode to the Flower of March 2011
Got thee on so-called Lit. Day
At second Ramayan play –
Oh how this day tested me
When time came, not yet ready
8 AM our program must
Most unprepared, oh aghast
Others were out the junction
Sounds went into malfunction
Disappointed superiors
Extended out their clamors
And moved the program further
Towards a one noon after
Thanks God there's no more trial
Lit. Day flowed through its final
Proud of my BEED IV
With their guts & splendor
But when everything's over
Cendy left flower scepter
Then Lorie Jean picked it up
Saw it timely, got asap.
-03/08/2011
(Dumarao)
*Ode to the 7 Flowers of 2011
PONDERING LABORING DAYS AHEAD
In the laboring days ahead,
Dawning with continuous trials,
And subsequent tribulations,
Let’s not be like sheep
In a slaughtering pen;
Rather, let’s be as lambs
In the garden of God:-
Armed with faith and hope,
And God’s divine guidance,
Let us, as the Psalms remind us,
Journey onwards to overcoming:
“Defending truth, humility, and justice”:-
For indeed, our God is a God of justice;
Justice indeed, being, “His royal scepter.”
Thus, as Summer is waning,
And leave falling Fall preludes
The vicious coming of Winter,
Let us realize resurrecting Spring
Will likewise return with healing grace:-
Thus, let us continue in our resurrecting
Labors of love, sowing reaping justice:-
From offspring of Muhammad
Comes Mahdi comes now
One night sleeps as a regular servant
Other morning wakes up with keys of heavens and the earth
Opens all the gates for hope
Knocks down all idols at a stroke
Sets up the holiest army of Islam
Takes next the breath of Jesus Christ
Conquers Mescid el Aqsa soils
Spreads to everywhere rules of Sharia
Wears to his fingers seal of Solomon
Takes into his hands Moses' scepter
Demolishes dejjal and infidels' stronghold
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