worry and panic drag us down towards misery and despair often, we wear a big frown and love we can’t even share there’s no joy in the air

Sad Refrain I hear her whisper in the breeze I feel her spirit in the rain Her likeness I see in the clouds Her scent relieves all the pain.

the starlit harbor view peeked in from the window moonbeams bathe them they cast a giant shadow on the wall,

Scented love notes he penned for h… Hidden in a book he returned to he… Alas, o’er the years remained unop… That he adores her, she found out… Then high school ended and life in…

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

Great to be wrong, once in a while When in people we see some good Though we expect deceit and guile And rather than the truth, falseho… Gratifying to be surpris’d

hearts bleed when in grief as we go through the stages hoping they’ll be brief it’s not happening just our imagination

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

Sunlight in her eyes Early morning wakeup call Dream she can’t recall Beautiful blue skies Warm humid the day began

Sliver of silver Lit the sky at eventide Behind clouds stars hide We admired from here below The beauty of afterglow

The weather dreadful To sleet, snow turns rapidly Numbing and chilly Utter darkness cloaks the land There blows the harsh frigid wind

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…

A cup of latté Guilty yet simple pleasure To welcome the day At the deck I sat Squinting at the morning sun

With His mighty hands Built the grandeur of nature For us to enjoy The wren’s cheerful song God’s soft and tender whisper

center Awake this morning But you, I didn’t see My eyes, I closed again And counted to three