Ode to the Philippines (A Re-write) #Philippines#independenceday#arawngkalayaan

Ode to the Philippines (A Re-write) #Philippines#independenceday#arawngkalayaan Oh, my dearest Philippines, your rich and diverse heritage and culture has made you the young yet dynamic country that you are today Manila is your heart, where the iconic Luneta park is located it’s a hyperactive city, vibrant and vivacious with its high temperature and high humidity,

Loneliness on a Flowerbed #guardian #writephoto

I sat on the grass in a mountain of a beautiful illusion of white petaled roses and dazzling marigolds I watched the world, with agonizing pain in my heart, crumble, disintegrate and tumble down I waited for a moment when things would be the same back in the days when we could hug and kiss

Without You (Two Haikus)

    (Bali, 2019)   without you is like a stolen moonlight at night in total darkness without you is like an invisible big wave in complete stillness

Coffee Blended-Tanka

Coffee Blended – Tanka (Concubine Lane, Ipoh)   from the night i slept to the morn’ of your beauty where night and day met the sun shines with its glory in your arms sun’ s brighter dear the day will begin with a loving thought ’bout you coffee blended love that’s how we are my

Will You Go With Me, To Paris?

will you take my hand as I walk along the streets where the aroma of light, fruity to burnt coffee lightly caramelized almost nutty is teasing my senses and the scent of a handmade bread is making me salivate as I tear the croissant into pieces butter them up before each bite or we can

Peace (for 2020)

they say peace is the absence of war when no nation is task to risk its citizen’s life, when guns are a thing of the past and soldiers are but your friendly neighbors marching. they say peace is understanding one another when no man debates or no family disagrees when an argument is only a

Ode to the Sunset (in Bali)

  Ode To The Sunset (in Bali) oh, sun so beautiful when you set you silenced everyone in a place so crowded they gaze and marvel at you with intense in all its glory while I stood quietly in awe in amazement in wonder you make my heartbeat one with the waves splashing and for

Distance

Between heaven and earth a story is unearth Between past and present a sailing is sent Between here and there a distance is clear Between a moment and forever a struggle so clear Sometimes heaven and earth met when a story is broken and lit Sometimes past and present collide when the sailing subside Sometimes

Concubine Lane-Ipoh

  Splendid, beautiful and warm That’s what you are, full of charm But history was unkind To the truth, some were blind Your story was interestingly told By many as they stroll, young and old Telltales has it, you were gifted By a wealthy man indeed Some whispered you were the haven Of love untold

Mysterious Rain

    You are a picture of quiet serenity Plunge into darkness Out of the blue And…on a hot weary afternoon Amidst silence And shimmering heat You become hot as a horseradish Steamy as a terrarium Then you gently thickened You poured… That mysterious rain On a scorching summer afternoon   p.s. the heat is