Poetic Condiments - Poem by Marvin Brato Sr

If only poetry is food
then its easy to digest
and assimilate its content
to nourish with full satisfaction

But poetry is inanimate
depicts sentimental intricacies
of human emotions filling the heart
with variable expressions to be extracted

Bards are gifted composers
who cook amazing compositions
of poetic arrays of exotic thoughts
like condiments educing nourishment

My life is not pure
as I am constantly lure
often to mundane pleasures
which filled me with much pressures
to seek further more for self contentment
but in the end it only created resentment

Yet, when you came
my viced life has tamed
As I liquefied from an ice
when I saw into your eyes
the true love I have now found
marked in your smile so profound

Joy has filled my heart now,
As you and me made a vow.
Never again shall I become sad,
In this life I can not become mad.
Surely I am happy as ought to be,
Since you my love are now with me.
And I am grateful for this brand new love,
Heaven-sent blessing you are from above.

May our love grows with commitment,
All moments we share mutual sentiment.
Never shall our love becomes devoid of trust,
Give and take innate feelings to resist the rust.
And we shall join hands to hurdle every life's tests,
No more worries to think as we both take the best.  
Dreaming is good but we have to work the ways,
Or plan the future while counting golden days.
God binds our love till the end of a lifetime.

Care and devotion we hold deep,
And shall stay strong for us to keep.
Stay sweet my love with full romance,
In this life we have now let us enhance,
By making our bond molds a great stance.

Joy and peace of mind I long to savor
I always pray God grants me this favor.
Lover too I wish will come very soon
Like any gal I also long for the moon.

Reminiscing the love I had in the past
Every lover I had was not meant to last.
Yearning for someone who will stay long,
Enduring the emptiness at this point in time
So lonesome I am dreaming of a love sublime.


Today I am still daydreaming
Of my ideal prince charming.
Yet it takes time to know anybody
On the right time and place with somebody.
Now i realized that love is like a simple logic
Giving a share of oneself without any gimmick.

Caring and thoughtful grandma,
Our love and memories of you
Never will be forgotten.
Sincere were your concern for us,
Often you gave sound moral advises.
Real were your encouragements,
Comforting words that you shared.
In your own little ways you helped us
Achieved our dreams.

Being our grandma you were great.
Respect for parents and obedience to God
Are few of the good virtues you taught us.
Till the end of your life you kept saying:
'On whatever you do, do it to glorify God! '

Prayer was your source of courage, courage,
And the promises of Jesus your hope.
Death did not separate you from God,
In His kingdom you will reunite with Him.
Let all your good deeds be our guide,
Let your faith in the Lord become our legacy
Open for us to simulate.

The earth is arid,

The high sun rapes its green land,

Fury breaks the soil.

The habitat is dead now,

Only the rainfall can save!

Teardrops falling like rain;
Stimulated by this innate emotional surge
Of the melancholic momentum of sadness,
Triggered by the pain as you said "goodbye! "

Droplets flow from this unhappy eyes;
Induced by this systemic expression
Of the emptiness feeling in this heart,
Contained in solitude as you bid "farewell! "

I cannot stop the rain from falling;
As it quenches this desiccated emotion
Feeling drained and gasping for your love,
If you will...please come back to stop the rain!