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

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

the journey begins
wherever we may be…
the train won’t leave,
unless we say so,
for the future

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

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’

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

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

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

She had walked into my world un-in
One Monday morning in very early
She was in tears, her face full of
Wanting to leave, go back home soo
Be still! I hushed my six-year o

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

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

In the porch, a swing painted whit
Where starry-eyed lovers used to s
Now empty in the morning sunlight
For hearts no longer in unison bea
F Aparici. 05/07/2018