Poetic Dose: 119 to 128

#365daysofpoetry Days 119 to 128
#autism #inclusion #adhd

Art by Faye Villanueva "spatialchild" on IG

Kuya,

Take me with you

To distant lands of your imagining;

Where heroes roam fields, mountains and seas

Saving villages from fearsome menaces.

Take me with you

To distant lands of your imagining;

Where the sky and sea are the same bright blue

And the air is mingled with flowers and tangerine.

Take me with you

To distant lands of your imagining;

Where it is everywhere

And just anywhere away from here.

At Barcino Wine and Restaurant

She is sangria
Elegant and graceful as wineglass;
Aged as vintage wine;
Smooth and strong as run;
Beautifully complex yet perfectly blended
as the array of fruits in the mixture.

At Barcino Wine and Restaurant

Of tipsy days and nights
When all is unfiltered
And honesty is a by-product
Of tired hearts and restless dreams.

Tipsy calls
And fantasies
When you know only my name
And respond to my touch alone.

Find me in the secret chambers of your heart
And come home
Sober
To my open waiting arms.

Art by:  Faye Villanueva "spatialchild" on IG

For no matter where
Or how far you roam
In spirit, I will be there
Through calm or storm.

Art by:  Felix Hidalgo

You, to me, are a masterpiece
As art from the hands of Magritte;
Moments chanced by when you tip your hat
For a brief and often meaningless chat;
I wonder if you, somehow, know
How you make my heart skip so.

At Club Balai Isabel

Finding my quiet

Smoothing the ruffled

When opportunity knocks

Grab with both hands.

Art by:  Hersley Casero

In her smile is his present
A box to seal the stubborn past
Of deep thoughts and shallow waters
And vivid dreams of a bleak future.

Art by:  Ina Nolasco "inadoodles" on IG

For you are a Star
Meant to shine in the dark;
May the box of society
be wide open and accepting;
But beware it does
Not
Constrain your light
Nor restrict your flight.

Art by: Jef Cablog

For I am an outsider

A stranger in my own country;

Unable to decipher cryptic messages,

So plain for everyone else;

Unable to speak my truth,

So clear in my own mind;

Unable to show my love,

So real it overwhelms me;

Unable to feel your love,

So obscure in my crowded galaxy.

Art by:  Migs Villanueva "artisteditions" on IG

Oh! To teach our children

Always

Kindness above all else

Regardless and despite all else;

To find joy in giving joy

And in the simple things;

To see beauty in all things

Visible and, moreso, the invisible.

That in being kind to others

They might learn to be kind(er) to themselves.