she flashed her wickedly
seductive smile,
all resistance melted,
a scoop of ice cream
on a hot summer day;

His life’s a carousel, round and r
No ups, no downs; nowhere his dest
A pointless voyage, to somewhere n
And in his grasp, a one-way ticket
He wakens, the day’s a mirror of y

She peeked into the room lit dimly
And in tiptoes, she moved cautious
Not wanting to wake up the baby
She stared at her ever so lovingly
Teary-eyed and overwhelmed with jo

My young son threw a ball at me
But sadly, he caught me unaware
And it bounced right in front of m
Oh! I melted at his wounded stare
Perhaps more focused I should be

A faint scent of jasmine
Stirred up an emotion
Long, long dormant
She wore it often
Her magic potion

There’s fire and passion in his he
But frigid ice flows in his veins
A cold stare; an inscrutable face
The deep emotion underneath remain
Certainly the pain forever will st

Indeed, letting go isn’t easy
But it’s something we must do
To unburden our hearts completely
And in doing so, to ourselves be t
Just imagine it is autumn, look at

Tonight was simply amazing
And my heart’s still beating fast
At long last she and I met
A friendship I hope forever last
I’ve adored her from a distance

No one cares about the past; I kn
I’ve locked it away; threw away th
Got no use for it, be it now or ev
I choose not to recall unpleasant
I’ve loved, I gave it all; now I’

A pale gold light in the far horiz
As morning shadows retreated quick
Vanishing totally with the midday
But then, shadows reappeared slowl
Cloaking all things before day is

I’ve got a splinter in my lil fing
So I’ll need a needle to take it
A sharp samurai ain’t worth a ding
Unless my finger, I can do withou
But should one night, I meet a ni

Unread my rhymes could be, it matt
Even if all my poems gain no accla
Satisfied will I be and bear no s
For my time and effort won’t be fo
Words I write describe the beauty

In the twilight of my life
I’ve more yesterdays than tomorrow
I reminisce about the past
And recall moments of joys and sor
I think about my days of youth

I live in a four-walled box
A TV, a couch, pictures on the wa
But my heart is homeless
A sweetheart, no one I can call
Night time in this big city

From a dream I wakened
Sleepy eyes I opened
Refreshed
Energized
Feeling like a teen;

A raven cawed
Fear struck my heart
Chills quickly engulfed me
All so unexplainably
It seems so odd

yes, cherries have pits,
and doughnuts have holes
life can be a bed of roses,
or of red-hot coals!
sometimes it’s real;

At the young mother he looked
With worried, quizzical eyes
Then said “How come you have
Just one earring?”
Startled, she grabbed both ears

I doubt, but I hope not to sin
I hesitate but cynical I’m not
I wish my faith will strengthen
And my unbelief be finally forgot!
F Aparici

Someday... someone…
Will wander into your life
She’ll rock your world; turn it up
She’ll put an end…
To all of your emotional strife

Kind words are free; offered by th
They edify, they comfort, they beg
But words unkind cut deeper than a
They hurt and destroy even across
Thus, with your words be careful,

As usual, a case of he said, she s
Another argument halfway to nowher
Been that way since the day they w
It seems they’re amidst a nightmar
But they seek their bearings inste

the pitter-patter of the rain
lulled him into deep sleep
dreams, the gods did ordain
he didn’t even count sheep!
and he saw her in a dream

She promised to come soon
And only a few days remain
Tension and excitement
Driving me insane
Soon we’ll be together

The pitter patter of the rain
As droplets hit the window pane
Soothed her much like a lullaby
And she found herself in a dream
Flying free, riding a moonbeam,

The strong breeze blew my cap away
Chasing after it was simply futile
And I watched it fly over the qua
Into the sea; and I could but smi
For it’s been that kind of a day

Surrender not; hope, give up never
Look east! Rising, the radiant su
Soonest, it’s rays will warm us al
Light shall banish darkness, and w
Fret not therefore, the Lord shal

One glimpse, that’s all it took
To rekindle in him a raging fire,
A passion that smoldering embers
Reignited; a long dormant desire!
Yet the craving was but secondary

Five years ago, we met
I’ve been in love since then;
I prayed for someone such as you
And you came down from heaven!
I’ll be with you for always

Love comes not from a vacuum
It appears not from thinnest air
Love does not suddenly bloom
It requires nourishment and care…
Love begins with admiration

Monday morning I’ll tarry in bed
Grab a book; read an hour at least
No need to rush, I’ll wallow inst
My free time, a hundredfold increa
A yawn! Lazily, I’ll open my eyes

In a fetal position
I lay on the floor
In excruciating pain
I never felt before…
Pain, none can assuage,

As a youth, I felt like superman
An immortal, an ultimate warrior
But life tempered my outlook
Sadly, now I have become a worrie
FA

Smiles in our faces, oh! this joyo
As the strings of the Ninth perme
A spring in our steps; a lilt in o
Joy in our hearts, there’s no room
For the world’s been reborn; sprin

Long hair, denim jacket, Frye boo
A Fu Manchu, behind dark green R
No cares, top of the world, indest
Aah! to be young again, no aches n
A mile in less than six, not break

A thousand poems he’s written
Just to pledge his love undying
Sadly, she’s still distant and unc
And his verses are unread and forg
First time he saw her, he’s been b