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

I saw my doppelgänger
Early this morning
When I woke up
And started shaving
He looked exhausted

When I was a young teen, she was
She knew all about me, because I
Knew all my skeletons, on her I c
Ain’t my sweetheart, just a really
As always, life intervenes, and we

A secret passion;
A peculiar indulgence
She kept from everyone
Except her conscience!
And for so many years

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

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

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

As we grieve the passing of anothe
Our mending hearts shattered one m
We reach out to heaven, ask what w
Forsaken we are, though guilty of
But here we stand firm, our faith

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

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

Each time I see her
I’m convinced more and more
That heaven got it wrong
For I adore her
Forever she’s my Lenore

An old photograph
Once colorful
But not anymore
It’s all I have
To remind me

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

I’ve tried to find meaning
in everything I see
But sometimes a sunset’s
just a moment to cherish...
Often times I have stopped

Even the worst of days
Have enjoyable moments
And the morning sun
May hide behind clouds so grey
Remember that beautiful roses

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

thoughts he expressed
not in four words, but two
he eats just once a day
so, he’d cook just once too
at most two of everything he’d own

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

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

A nip in the air
Her shoulders bare
Wind blew her hair
Giving her a scare
Alas! Winter’s near

Early, I awakened this morning
To watch the sun rise from the sea
As always, this amazing feeling
Exhilaration, as my spirit flies f
FA

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

Our past life, it matters not
When our misdeeds are forgiven
With a clean slate, we start afres
And with eyes clear, we see heaven
Forget the past? Never must we!

His whole world ended; it was yest
His hopes for tomorrow quickly per
When the love of his life passed a
His dreams, like a thin mist, vani
She’ll always be the lady of his y

It’s a season of promise that all’
Heaven smiles; yeah! The future’s
All we see, hear, touch! What a d
Nature’s beauty has cast a magical
Sadly, spring will eventually bid

The evening breeze not as refreshi
And the silvery moon not as bright
Behind dark clouds, stars are hidi
But I’m with you; so, lovely is t
When without you, something is mis

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

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

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

Every breath I take, I whisper yo
Every waking moment, lights up a f
Deep inside my heart
Even when we’re apart
An emotion; a raging fire I canno

The sky’s grim and pitch black
The moon and stars have hidden
Behind the sinister rain clouds;
A nether world, light has forgotte
Then a bright flash, a beam of lig

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’

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

Rolling meadows stretch into the s
Treetops glow in myriad shades of
Flowers bloom brightly in the suns
In rainbow colors; what a perfect
But the mercury is rising, an omin

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