Category: Poems (Page 1 of 2)

Someone slides
Another collides
No one cries
No one comforts
The traffic goes on

Hustling, Bustling
The lights say red
But everyone says go

Warnings, Shrieks, Bang!
Another fatality
One more gone

Hustling, Bustling
No time for the disabled
No comfort for the weary
No hope for the dreary

Hustling, Bustling
Everyone in a hurry
Everyone’s on the go
Friend and foe

But whither to they rush?

Like a fleeting shadow
You have swiftly emerged and disappeared
Into the misty past
Reserved only for loves
That did not last

Hopes soar high and lofty
Then sink low
Beyond mortal grasp
Seems it’s all part
Of life’s unending story

Spanish woman, I trusted you
Why did you have to deceive me so?
When first we met
I thought you someone kind and gentle
Alas! That seeming innocence
Has pierced my heart so fiercely!

Spanish woman, so far away
From your native shores in Santo Domingo
You have captivated this poor indio
Now you return to your fiance
After deluding me and taking me to magnificent heights!

Spanish woman, I wish you good luck
But please do not do to him
What you’ve done to me

A load upon my shoulder
This weight upon my soul
Sweat dripping
From my dusty skin
Yet to my destiny
I must proceed
From this
I cannot ever recede

Yonder young couple
Their love blossoms
Beneath the sprawling tree
Oh, it reminds me
That I am free!

Ha! free I say?
It would be better
I am sure
Were I too a captive
Of someone’s warm embrace

Alas! This tortured mind of mine
Dreaming and aspiring!
To lofty heights it soars
Oblivious for a while
That I am just
Plain and lonely me

‘Tis dark again
I should be glad
My weary back to rest
Yet this recurring gloom
For foolish dreams
Once more
Will haunt me
In my imaginary room

We’ll travel
Over hills and peaks
The stars our only witness
Our lips will meet
In that sweet and fond caress
But come dawn
Like yesterday, once more
You’ll be gone

The hopes I’ve had are now become illusions
Like a broken piece of glass
My dreams lie shattered into a million pieces

My darling, that you still were by my side
Caressing the moonlight with your illustrious beauty
Holding me in your warm embrace
Oblivious to the screeching sounds
Of life’s unending race

But alas, time, immortal foe of man
Keeps moving on!
Without an adieu, you were gone
Leaving behind all the hopes and dreams we cherished

My passions, gone amok
Keep soaring above magnificent heights
Rivers of tears stream down my solemn face
This my only comfort, yet I cannot persevere

Enchanting One, Queen of my emotions
Enlighten his life the way you did mine
Love him with your tenderness
And make him feel divine

Let him taste the paradise of your lips
That once quenched my thirsty being!
Make him promises and give him dreams

Sinister faces encountered each day
Seem harsher along the way
Millions to my left and right
Yet my heart cries out in loneliness

Yesterday’s pastures
Ebb and flow from my mind
Offering transitory relief
Like they always do

The Earth he made
A precious gem
To crown his universe
The birds to beautify the sky
The fish to occupy the rich waters
The animals so picturesque
Amongst green foliage

The heavens and the earth
Testified to his great majesty
But one regret had he