Life a genesis, oh
A path toward vacancy
Trim down a modulation of lube apathy
Dirt arm's craving toward end! neither
The thorn was there , oh
Mesmerized by puppies tearing neck for the muddy popcorns
I myself giggle with lacrimal fallacy
Bone to bone, crate to crate
Waving with thermal fate
Rinsing heavily with northern gray, oh...
On prying on my mind much as ye can,
Ye make me ponder what gives me deep tan,
Shape, sharpen me, goad me to grow as man,
Ye trim down rough contours of my raw edge,
Help me add life, not just years to my age,
Carve wrinkles of wisdom on my visage
As cyclic spirals show in a tree trunk.
Ye ensure, lessons of lifetime have sunk
In, that I walk not like a hollow hunk.
O forget not still, never once man is
A mute witness of his circumstances
That he faces, not bow to on bent knees,
So how he gets to be his own master,
Phoenix-like who rises from disaster.
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Sonnets | 05.02.2007, revised Jan 2023 |
Poet’s note: An atypical sonnet consisting of four three-line tercets and a couplet. The first three (nine lines) present the point, the fourth making sonnet’s counterpoint together with the sonnet-ending couplet.
Hussshhhh of the sea breeze
Bolobok Cave nears it
Rain drops falling on my face
Trim down my long pony-tailed hair
Small crabs crawling over the brownish sand surface
Small stones scattered over
Small caves with limestone
And having freshwater downstairs
Said there were ladders to climb and unclimb
To see the down caves
Now in a mysterious looks waiting for renovations
Where are these caretakers of nature?
The beauty of eye lenses looking at it
Please come and rescue this whispering ambiance of serenity
For generations to enjoy
If this is an early human settlement
Come take your responsibility
Oh the caretakers please come
Thank you
3 January 2013
Early Human Settlement
Bolobok Cave (Sungab Bulubuk)
Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Island
Sulu Archipelago
Darling I hope you
understand
I pour not words like beach
sand
Each finding a place of its
own
Each sliding away before
dawn.
I weigh out words like the
cornerstone
I trim down sounds like the
garden
lawn
I cut out rhymes like the
roofing
beam
And verses bricks from the
village stream.
The sum a castle
Strong but subtle
Sweet a poesy just for you.
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