DARKNESS AND BLISS
Yesterday’s pain is crushing
through,
Forgetting him is a hard job to
do.
Now, weakness is all I really
have,
And a scar on my heart caused
by his love.
Every tear and pain is a
nightmare,
Keeps me living in the past is
unfair.
Like the colors of autumn so
bright fades,
Is the lost of smile that I wore
everyday.
And as I stare at a meteor
shower’s night,
I wished to face tomorrow so
bright.
That all memoirs of him will
fade,
And can wear smiles that once
fake.
Shadows and sorrows of
yesterday has left,
as I find myself smiling when I
get up to bed.
I hurriedly thank God for a
moment like this,
Cause he never left me through
darkness and bliss.
-Patricia Baluyot
“Poetry is when emotions
have found their thoughts,
and thoughts- have found
words.”
MONEY
I am a poor person
I have very sharp eyes,
i have very little experience
And just a spoonful of rice.
I have seen people scared,
But never experienced fear,
I have seen people hate,
but I have hardly hated,
I saw them love,
But never been loved at all.
Then I saw a thousand rupee note
And I did experience,
All these feelings as I held it in my
hand,
Fear of loosing the note
Hatred,as money made
The world hungry for more,
And love, as I could finally
Buy some clothes!
Whats has money done to the
world,
Except making it more selfish?
A plethora of feelings I observed,
Money has made the world so
greedy
Now all the time we want some
more,
For ourselves and not for the needy.
And as i crushed the note in my
hand
I saw no one but my master
He took it and kept it in his pocket,
Now poverty-stricken I limped
along,
While my master went away
Singing a merry song. – Himani
Anand
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FRIENDSHIP
When I look sometimes
around and behind,
I see that good friends are
hard to find.
They are so wonderful they
fight and forgive,
With them is the life easy
to live.
The words of laughter, love
and tear,
You can share with friends
its them who hear.
They help us grow from
within and out,
To stand up to the mark
graceful and stout. Saumya
PARADISE
Oh, behold this bountiful
land,
Found at mother earth’s
hand.
It is the Land of Promise,
the land of Davao City.
Paradise that attracts my
eyes,
stunning beauty like a
crystal ice.
You can’t deny its beauty,
To everyone who’ll come
and see.
-Patricia Baluyot