WAITING

      I waited for you by the water’s edge when the river was pink with lotus blooms when the wind’s kiss was as soft as your lips on mine would be my heart murmured its awe of you drawing close but only in my dreams ~~~~~ Writing for DVerse’s Quadrille Prompt – Murmur

WHEN LOVE TURNS

A shiver runs through my spine The night is boxing me in Oh I am all alone The stars are distant and dim A stranger holds me close The shadows hide his face His touch has gone too cold Cold as an autumn breeze What wicked alchemy Turns love to mortal fear I am Summer’s bounty now Fall’s

THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW HIS FACE

I met him with a luggageful of warnings. “He could be a psycho!” was my friends’ almost unanimous fear when I told them that I would meet the man I met online who happened to be from the other side of the world. After a year of extensive e-mails and expensive phonecalls, we agreed to

OLD ROMANCE

  We steal moments when we can and hold each other like we used to and thus stoke the fires that made us one. There, in the kitchen where the smell of garlic coats our skin or in the pantry where we cannot be seen, let’s share a kiss and enfold each other in an

LOVE SCAMMED

Stop breaking, my broken heart for that love that never was stop crying, my teary eyes for the dream that all but passed His love was only an illusion marketed to the vulnerable with words, saccharine sweet masking the greed animating his bones. Open your eyes. That handsome face he let you see was another

SUMMER LOVE (for Magpie Tales and DVerse Poets)

Vaporous skies sultry air velvet petals tinkling water a scenic stage for a romance an illusion a summer’s dance hold tight to inhibitions fever rises to delirium wide open eyes blinded by light conjures butterflies enchanting sight lifting her off her feet skimming clouds languid heat misty shroud summer dipped treacherous fall roses die senses

TO MY HUSBAND

I like looking into your eyes being lost in the blue of the sky or the calming waters of the sea smiling at the laughter bubbling inside, brighter than the stars can ever be. I like looking into your eyes to see myself bathed in bottomless love.   ~~~~  

ROMANCE (Classical Guitar)

It’s been a long time since I posted a musical video here.  Well, I guess I’ve been too busy to listen, really listen to anything.  Today, I have an easier afternoon (my husband brought the younger boys with him to the office) and so, I found my hands free and able to focus.  I saw

FAIRY TALE

“Trouble. He spells trouble.” Shh. Don’t ever let a word out to that smitten girl or you’ll get an acid-laced reply “First, remove the beam from your eye.” Her head’s in the clouds, that much is clear what she calls true love, put it up there She smells roses from his stale beer breath she

HARANA / SERENADE

This was written originally in Tagalog. The English version is below. 🙂   ~~~~~~ Kumakagat ang dilim huminto na ang huni ng mga ibon naiwan ang katahimikan ng hanging amihan na nakikipaglaro sa mga dahon Aking inaabangan ang kwerdas ng gitarang tinutugtog palapit sa aking bintanang naghihintay ng kanyang tinig na magbibigay buhay sa isang