once
just once I got weak
I felt the whole weight
of the world like Atlas
I took it on
held up the global
inequities
until I fell down
around the ankles
of God

there is a reason to be here
our hearts are made for it
we are made
in flesh
blood and feelings
normal
capable
of miracles
one word strong
one hand held
one heart touching
ours

unequaled regale
thou touched  me with
nor a equaled reveling
have reminisced into a night
into a broad sunlight
into a full moon
without
your words
grasped to my breast
to my sanity
I have walked
into the darkness
always
with your words on
my tongue
your scent on the wind
your measure
on
my shoulders.

Lord God , you know my sorrow as well as my sufferings.
You know just how much I have been dealing with lately.
O God, please help me, to overcome these as well soon.
So that I shall be back here on an regular basis soon God.
I have been missing my friends on this here site here.
But as you have known I been struggling here as lately.
My friends on here I do miss, please repair me O God.
So that I may once again get encourage by them on here.
But I need to be healed before I can return here once again.
I been hurting as well as going through some things lately.

it's secret
the place we get
our inspiration
it takes sacrifice
suffering
a whole lot of meditations
it takes thinking alone
feeling the whole world
being
your own soulmate
losing things
being alone
having patience
being sacrilegious
questioning
accepting
reading and sacrificing
sanity
being unafraid
being afraid too
it , this takes
a gentle wind
blown
from the mountain tops
that makes you
want to describe it's taste
it's feeling
it takes an appreciation
of  color
brown green
olive
on your
mortal soul

Shores...

She is known for her beauty
many are lured to come...see for themselves
her breathtaking features, her famed hospitality,
after all, she IS...Paradise herself,

On her clear blue shores, there started
a blending of races, cultures, and, newfound wisdom...
on those same shores, battles were fought,
but...freedom always prevailed

She showers her people with courage and strength,
when trumpets play sad, and her banner is flown half mast,
i stand proud, feeling her solid walls
i was born, and have lived....within her shores
where my body and soul breathe peaceful airs...
together, we survived wars, giant waves, and tremors...

Her struggles live in my mind,
pumped through my veins,
like tides of the sea, they ebb and flow,
.........they never die...
each time i hear her song, i stand up straight
in respect for her past sufferings, her determination, her valor
and her much deserved triumphs...

Today, new faces speak of new promises,
new solutions...done in haste
they seem like hot air...rising from live embers,
fanning further...the fire of my fears....
i snap the thought, and think of each
glorious sunrise that crowns each day,
and leaves me speechless, always in awe,
wishing i could pull the hours fast
so i can right away see her magnificent sunset
and starry twilight nights

Life takes me to foreign strands,
but, when it's time....my heart, my feet
will lead me back to her pearl-colored sands,
where, i shall walk leisurely, with my bare feet,
fine grains would hide my toes, and cling to my soles
we'll play 'til my ankles are buried deep...in its comforting cold...

"Pearl of the Orient,"
is my home...my native land
my eyes swell with tears, when i see
her banner, proudly waving...in freedom...

Sally

Copyright August 1, 2016
Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan



#pearloftheorient #sunrisesunset #battlesfought #shores
#pearlcoloredsands

the beauty of the ****
her supple curves
fingers devouring her surfaces
reading braille
I am mute
and amazed