EJR: Favorites

Jul 2018 EJR

Pablo Neruda

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way

than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.

Jul 2016 EJR

A choice

Jul 2016 EJR

Lacuna

A choice

Love is blind
But it doesn't mean physical attraction
It goes beyond that notion of mankind
It means love is a passion

It is a choice
to become better
to stay
despite the flaws that never goes away

A choice
to pick her
despite the wrong
no matter how strong

A choice
to fight for what you had
whether it be good
or bad

A choice
to make a difference
even if years had passed
you make it last

A choice
to make her see
that she is worth it
after all this years

A choice
to see the whole spectrum
in amidst
of every storm

A choice
to love her
no matter what
no matter when
no matter where
and no matter how

Loving is a choice

#love #passion #choice

Jul 2016 EJR

The Answer

Jul 2016 EJR

Lacuna

The Answer

All my life
I protect the ones I love
from the hurt and pain
but never for myself

I felt I was alone
I felt sadness grips my neck
I felt sick
I felt nothing

Then you came
so sweet and good
you saw my demons
yet you stayed

I saw you were like me
apathetic
sad
and alone

I wanted to protect you
even if it means
for me to die and live
again and again

We
dance with the toughest tempest
masquerade with our demons
together

Your question
is also my question
"What did I do to deserve
someone like you"

Then the answer came to me:
You've done so much for others
you felt all the **** in the world
it is time for you
to have someone do it for your

I will always make you see
the good
even in darkest times
I'll be by your side

What did I ever do to deserve you?

You've done so much, it is time for you to experience it

#answer

May 2016 EJR

I know.. But why?

May 2016 EJR

Lacuna

I know.. But why?

I know I should be happy
But why is there fear?

I know I should be excited
But why is there anxiety?

I know I should be grateful
But why do I feel spiteful?

I know I should respect you
But why do I feel I shouldn't?

I know I should look up to you
But why can't I?

Your past mistakes maybe forgiven
But I have never forgotten it

Maybe that's why
I'm like this

Maybe that's why
I feel like this

I know I should say I'm sorry
But why is it hard to say?

Because you mean the world to me
yet I never felt that I was to you

Still I Love you
Because you are my father

For the issues left unsolved

May 2016 EJR

Life in Rose (La vie en rose)

May 2016 EJR

Lacuna

Life in Rose (La vie en rose)

The only palette of red
amidst the spectrum of grey
laying beneath the green bed
you beauty won't decay

I love you in blue
I love you in white
I love you in every hue
but most of all I love you, when you're just right

No matter how many thorns
No matter how long the time you grow
you will always be adorned
by the radiance you show

By the time you wilt
by the time you decay
all the guilt
comes to stay

But still I thank thee
for showing me
the true meaning of radiance
in every color variance

Another poem for one of the best songs: La Vie En Rose

#rose #lavieenrose

May 2016 EJR

River

May 2016 EJR

Lacuna

River

Oh what wonders you contain
when I traverse you in style
All of my pain
turns into smile

There's such places to see
same ends to meet
all are paradise for me
produces memories so sweet

you shine during the day
you radiate beauty by night
all my troubles be away
when I see you in my sight

You dream maker
My sweet lover
let me drift
in your eternal rift

A poem for one of the best songs: Moon River

#moon #river

May 2016 EJR

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind

May 2016 EJR

Lacuna

Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind

How happy are the forgetful?
Their blunders never remembered

How can they have bliss?
When part of them never existed

What do they pray for?
when all of their wishes resigned

They forget the world
and the world forgot them

Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
never have I wanted you more
for the pain that stayed
can easily be erased

A poem for one of my favorite movie: Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind

Is ignorance truly a bliss?

#movie #ignorance #bliss

Jan 2016 EJR

Eclipse

Jan 2016 EJR

Euphoria

Eclipse

As the sun wraps his arms around the moon,
She craves his touch like it'll be gone too soon.
The warmth he gave was burning her skin,
Caressing her very soul within.
As they eclipse and darken the bright sky,
She can't help but wonder why.
After all this time, she's been waiting for him
But now it's here, it's not as good as it seem.
Because as the clock starts to tick,
Her insides start to feel sick.
Soon the eclipse will be over
Leaving her mind with more thoughts to hover.
As his light touch her darkness,
She found herself in another madness.
What craziness has fate brought
To let them eclipse for only a thought.

We eclipsed once again.

Jan 2016 EJR

To You

Jan 2016 EJR

Euphoria

To You

Every line, every rhyme
I let you live every time
Every poem and every song
I dedicate for someone wrong

Now, will it be too much
To let me live in your poetry?
Though I know the emotions do not match
I want to be alive in your symphony

I've written too many about you
To you whose worth I never fail to see
To you who hides what's true
The man who had always failed to see me

Dedicated to the love which died a year ago, to the love who never once had seen me, to the love I kept on the darkest parts of me, to all the love that broke the broken.