#immeasurable
Any time of day,
the breathtaking colors
of the sky make me sigh,
however ecstatic, or unpleasant
life may be...whatever goes on down
here, she is up there...ever-present,
like a parent...i may be infinitesimal,
yet, i'm never lost in her
immeasurable span of attention.
the sky is a part of me,
and i, of her,
her colors affect my daily decisions,
gray with rains tell me to change plans,
on sunny days, chores are smooth-sailing.
at night, its dome of dark blue, graced
by the moon and stars in many shapes,
makes me recall some immortal tales.
i squint, looking at her vast spaces
as if i'm roaming upon a sunny meadow,
as i go back to my days of triumphs,
my failures...especially
my best moments.
i was born under this glorious firmament,
she saw my first steps,
and all the firsts in my life,
she'll be watching, until her clouds
start bringing rain upon
my withered ground.
Sally
© Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
September 2019
(Posted October 26, 2020)
Oct 25, 2020
Oct 25, 2020 at 11:41 PM UTC
Split pathways splayed on palms and face
Each line runs according to its own race
Deep, undefined or shifting aside
Inescapable writings on the walls
Nothing seems straightforward at all
On reviewing in hindsight
The circumstance of chance
How much space do we have to play
Was I supposed to be late
Another carrier of an attitudinal barrier
Loss of control often feels immeasurable
Despite conflicts of character
At times are we in charge of our own lives
Aug 3, 2020
Aug 3, 2020 at 1:39 PM UTC
as origin of **** Sapien species surged ahead,
harboring nascent predominance
asper said primate reproductively bred
(albeit via incremental fits and starts)
evolutionary forebears didst dread
lock, stock and barrel arboreal cred
whence, (since time immemorial) nasty, short
brutish, loutish, and vampish anthropological,
genealogical, and millennial report
card found forebears
precariously position quart
toured place de resistance purport
head supremacy devastatingly,
heavily, and literally bruited nearly abort
ting tentative tenacious status oft times
challenged minuscule leading edge
proto humans rendered perch
(on evolutionary leading cusp) fund hedge
ching hypothetical bets said simians
nearly toppled off figurative privy ledge
against being easily uprooted
akin to one weeding out unwanted sedge
imposing fledgling breakfast of champions
clinging to niched wedge
while serial incessant challenges nearly wrote
off and snuffed out, extinct et cetera
clinched placed viz *** him tote
often at fateful loggerheads,
where survival of the fittest smote
poised dawn of dusky mankind
viz apish creatures almost got rote
off while chance dominance, eminence grise
pitted, spitted, and got vetted sans un quote
able primal screaming expletives
pitted Neanderthal progenitors note
worthy kickstarter scrum
ump hired held dim promise,
whether weathered brood,
which smattering population comprised
a scattered handful of rudimentary
destined to become
some ascribe God's sigh propitiated
contemporary lass hit dude
whence, amidst looming pointed danger
confronted Geico caveman,
and aside from external
threatening depredations
comprised tribal family feud
where might versus right
the deterministic factor aye include
at undoubtedly animalistic behavior
defied being categorized as lewd
since each monkey's uncle
punctuated equilibrium with cut throat
i.e. Maciavellian imprimatur
fate didst not occlude
attested via rotogravure fledgling artistic shewed
also absence of consciousness rued
until...fast four words
(count them) - to the present system of a down day
when carnal, feral, and integral leanings attempted
to rope hormonal, gonadal, and banal found
more recent ancestors (discovered
visa vis like 23andme)
on a greenday rolled in the hay
under natural predilection to lay
naked, especially frisky comb early May
procreative force
engendered the writer of this poem,
when his parents coaxed fore play
unbeknownst, that their singular heir,
would be afflicted with countless
mental ollie ollie oxen stinging ray
obsessive compulsive mailer to slay
ritualistic controlling psychic threnody
dominated favored holistic paradigm oye vay.
Mar 4, 2018
Mar 4, 2018 at 4:51 PM UTC
You once asked me that question
and all I could answer was, "I just love you."
My answer to your question might seem so simple,
but believe me when I say it's more complex than that.
My love for you is too vast,
there's no amount that can measure it.
It is by itself indescribable,
no words can do it justice.
I would say that you're my whole universe,
but to me you're more than just an immense number of galaxies.
I would say that I love you to infinity,
but I know that I love you more than what's beyond the infinite.
I would say that I could love you for eternity,
but to me even eternity seems like a short period of time.
I could write this for as long as I want,
but I know that this won't even be enough to explain my love.
So dear, if you ever ask me again of how much I love you,
know that my answer would still stay the same.
Within those four words my love remains indefinable.
Within those four words my love remains immeasurable.
"I just love you" and that is all I can say.
Aug 14, 2017
Aug 14, 2017 at 3:42 PM UTC
From music grows wild, beautiful, frightful things of untamed splendor and immeasurable strength.
Dec 22, 2015
Dec 22, 2015 at 9:51 PM UTC