Hames

Came down the confetti
among the concrete gardens
of skyscrapers in the city
we embrace-
the promise of freedom
remembering the days
when you conquer
the hearts of men.
Frail and afraid
among the chains,
blind slaves to tyranny.
 
Bye, bye
yellow butterfly.
 
Flutter your wings
amidst the tempest
set free, unafraid
of your glory-defining
turbulent life.
 
Like the many yellow
ribbons tossed in the wind,
a salutation to dawn.
An ode to the beauty
of your [...]

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Two nights ago, I tossed left and right in my bed , restless and not knowing what I have been missing these past few days.  Isolation takes a toll and there are days that I can’t bear  the reclusivity.  Those were the days when I felt that I don’t differ to the things you can find [...]

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That day,
you made  the sky heavy-
falling tears like rain.
When a down-trodden
waded through a flood
of despair, and I am
walking away in shame-
as if the world
crumbled, suddenly
turned pale to gray.
 
My heart
I  offered in a plate-
full of strawberries
its first fruits.
But your words-
that rejection
knifed and sliced
into bleeding pools.
Until I am strained.
 
That day,
my eyes were opened
of reality here-
I am standing
this gulf
between [...]

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It’s dress rehearsal tonight. You came
early as usual finding me,
perched at the proscenium
like a gallant cavallier.
Looking at you
with the warmth
of a thousand suns.
 
The stage is empty.
The krieg lights are dead.
The orchestra has no music.
The amphitheatre is a crowd
of empty chairs
waiting to be filled.
To watch our lonely hearts
find some happy endings.
 
Star-crossed lovers as we are
waltzing innuendos.
The [...]

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At young age, I was severely smacked down by our pet dog.  When my father learned about it, he brought down his gun and pulled the trigger. The dog instantly died. But I was hospitalized, sending my parents into panic if I had contracted the dreaded rabies.  But thank God, there is no indication of [...]

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There are three words to learn if you want to be in harmony with almost anyone.  This is sorry-if you have unintentionally hurt or done mistake against someone. Another is thank you -if you have received in gratitude any kind of help from someone else. And the last  word is please-if you need something or simply asking [...]

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She, who had made herself contented, in the quietness and peacefulness of domestic life and who has remained unmarried.  She never complained about loneliness of going solo, though I believed she had the love of a real mother to her children.  She had the most of her daughters and her sons, even if she never [...]

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