Poetic Doses: 143 to 154

#365daysofpoetry Days 143 to 154

How does one begin to articulate a love so profound and absolute?

There are no words. 

Only hugs and kisses; 

the voice that stands out in a sea of children calling out the same name, "Mama!";

the heart attached to yours that amplifies every feeling;

the life that sends yours into the craziest ride of your life.

Mt. Daraitan

Sometimes, though, I wonder
If you ever really loved me;
Or if this, perhaps, could be ...
had been
love all along.

Photo by Ryan Villar
Caramoan Lighthouse

I don't remember when I lost it
Or why I had rushed to grow up.
But to see the world as a child
With awe and wonder
And to love as thoughtlessly
Completely and without fear ---
Are perhaps all we need to save
This world and humanity.

Mt. Marami

He loved with a passion
So intense, precise and unforgiving
Such a lonely way to live.

Photo by Ryan Villar
Caramoan

No beauty matches
That which is hidden
Unseen and untouched by man
Untainted by the ills of the world.

Photo by Ryan Villar
Caramoan

Rolling playful verdant terrains
Majestic proud mountains
Islands teeming with life
Flanked by beaches white
Under a sky so clear and blue
Clouds cottony and wispy, too
This is what my country is made of
A true paradise beneath and above.











Peace is

Bright blue and puffy white
Peering through a canopy of trees.

Photo by Ryan Villar
Caramoan Lighthouse

Some things are merely unchangeable

And, in the end, it is not your trouble.

There are moments when the best way

Is to simply walk away.

And sometimes this means painful choices;

To let one love go to protect another.

Afterall, love is a gift

That cannot be imposed.

Photo by Inadoodles

And so it was at dusk

When he finally understood

The beauty of those ordinary moments

The simple truth of her love

All of them eclipsed completely

Behind a pocketful of marbled pain

He looked up, then, to the creeping night

And found nothing but a sea of regret.

Photo by Ryan Berza
Taal Volcano

For the deepest loneliness

Consumes silently from within;

When you feel desperately alone

Even though love surrounds you.

Photo by Ryan Berza
Taal Volcano

Walking with you

Through the pages of your childhood,

I rediscover mine;

And in your childlike awe

I am reminded

To be grateful of all things taken for granted.

Receiving You

That these will flow

The grace to forgive

And the wisdom of Your heart.

In time.

Somehow.