Like fine gold
Seven times purified
Her heart is pure
Love alone burns inside!
Not a speck of ill

In a deserted Long Beach inn
Next to the marina;
They bid their farewells
While gazing at Catalina;
Pride and ego won

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!

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

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,

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

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

oh yes! she made a huge mistake!
companionship; all she ever wanted
so, she dated a man she met at a w
quite old he was; still, the man s
lo! he turned out to be an oversex

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

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

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

She sat on the porch watching the
In a swing, she and her love sat e
But now she sits all alone and in
Praying it will go away, and none
F Aparici 05/08/2018