Empty Let us die empty Let’s take nothing to the grave E’en what we most crave Our time and talent All of our worldly treasures 2 3
Hearts Bleed hearts bleed when in grief as we go through the stages hoping they’ll be brief it’s not happening just our imagination 4 4
Factoid A lie often told Factoid becomes very soon By all counts by noon Yes, lies hoodwink some, not all For who wants to play the fool? 4 1
Heav’nly Treasures With His mighty hands Built the grandeur of nature For us to enjoy The wren’s cheerful song God’s soft and tender whisper 4 2
For the Books Aye! She talks too much She makes a short story long Phrases into song But he loves her nonetheless For she’s lovely that’s our guess 1 1
Wedding Band Touch his face, she did lovingly Though his cheeks rough with scrag She gazed at him fondly adoringly But from her eyes lonely tears app She caressed his frigid and bony h 2 2
The Sun From her hands the sun, The wisdom of the ages From her lips they flow In my universe Her words are nuggets of truth 7 4
Texas Freeze The weather dreadful To sleet, snow turns rapidly Numbing and chilly Utter darkness cloaks the land There blows the harsh frigid wind 8 2
the dream from a nightmare he woke up suddenly desperately trying to remember the dream, but unsuccessfully he glanced at her side of the bed 2 2
Winter Solstice With no time pieces Yet they were able to see Days getting shorter The cavemen fearful Sun will disappear from view 2 3
Autumn’s Here Autumn’s here again, lawns are tur Red and golden yellow leaves piled Mist in our breath, in our faces a For cold air is here, winter stand From the closet comforter pure goo 4 2
Me, Myself and I We all went to dinner; me, myself We sat on one chair, we don’t know I did most of the talking Myself quietly listening Poor old me, all me could do was s 5 4
One Too Many Wine one too many Last evening’s raucous party Hangover likely Need a cold shower Then the neighbor’s lawnmower 2 2
Winter Gripes Our passionate wish to be somewher For over here; days are shorter, n With AC off electricity much lowe But gas consumption has gone astro Sun we haven’t seen, wondering whe 5 2
Tetons Glacier covered peak Like hands in pray’r rising up To mystical heights Deep blue lake waters Robin’s egg sky up above 2 4
Silver Moon Sliver of silver Lit the sky at eventide Behind clouds stars hide We admired from here below The beauty of afterglow 2
Coin Flip He flipped a coin, his resolve to Heads, he doesn’t; tails, go forwa Yes, full speed ahead; with all ha It’s a toss-up; a challenge, an ex But is it right? Leave everything 2
Wickedly Seductive... she flashed her wickedly seductive smile, all resistance melted, a scoop of ice cream on a hot summer day; 3 1
The Past I locked the past in a little box Hidden in a corner of my mind Around it, a yellow ribbon That someone left behind... Sometimes, I go and open it 8 6
Yellow Ribbon Tied to the bedroom door, a yellow His heart skipped, throbbing in hy As the nervous thrill of anticipat Overcame him completely, yes indee For there it is, in unblushing fas 2 3
Afterglow Once, a child I was A long, long time ago But mem’ries fading fast As grey cells slowly go Sadly, those days are gone 2 2
The Black Hole I burrow through the space-time co Into a mystical, mythical, surreal Lost with a billion suns hurtling Trapped in a swirling motion into Time stood still as the gravitatio 2 2
Gilded Cage A lovely bird cage Antique ornate bejeweled Glum blue jay inside How tragic that such beauty Can inflict tremendous pain 6 3
Miracles 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 3 3
Strand of Pearls He could taste the salt in the air As they walked by the frothy sea It was so cold but they didn’t car Her face is all that he could see They hugged tightly to keep warm 5 4
Buckets... it rained; rather it poured! sheets and buckets of water fell in just a few hours; our street became a river! got a text from city hall 2 2
Yin and Yang Today, it appears my world is blac Yin and yang; utter darkness, bril No shades of gray, either bliss or The sadness I will keep; the joy © F Aparici 05-11-2016 3
Scent of Cinnamon Scent of cinnamon in the air Pumpkin spice and vanilla too Sensory proof that autumn’s here.. Out the window what lovely view Freshly cut hay in amber field 4 3
Nip in the Air A nip in the air Her shoulders bare Wind blew her hair Giving her a scare Alas! Winter’s near 5 3
Officially Retired 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 3 2
The Third Steward All the talents that we have been From His bounty, gracious and ove Bury them not underground to lay f Let them light the sky, bright and The third steward; let us not emul 4 2
Snow Angels We peeked thru a hole in the frost Squinted our eyes to view the pris In the virgin snow not a blemish n And all the bushes snow-draped, no Not a soul in sight in the frozen 3 2
Ephemeral Emotion An emotion, ephemeral and fugitive Swept him when he saw her last nig Bitter rage, childish and primitiv But then he realized, he has no ri Yes, the feeling drifted away quic 4 2
Trials 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 2 2
Omens... A raven cawed Fear struck my heart Chills quickly engulfed me All so unexplainably It seems so odd 3 2
A Secret Passion A secret passion; A peculiar indulgence She kept from everyone Except her conscience! And for so many years 9 5
