“MALLARI”
Just when the
rain drops on the roof,
Of all people, I
thought of you.
Having coffee
‘because we’re no longer aloof,
No other talks
but our life’s shoes.
Rest assured you
are our protector.
Only good is your
prime mover,
Because you are
not just another;
You are to us, a
precious brother.
Many ups and
downs you have faced,
All life’s blow
by blows you embraced.
Little by little
you grew into a man.
Loving and caring
you are more than.
All of the people
I know, you are the mightiest.
Riding on and
beating down life’s toughest.
Is there anything
I need to say more?
Reinvent yourself
because life has a lot for you in store.
“CLAIRE”
Cool-and-calm is
your best description.
Laughing in
sarcasm is your enemy’s deception.
Although I fear
love for KPOP is idolatry,
I am still
uncertain if it’s worse than masonry.
Rare are women
like you,
Ewing at
everything that couples do;
Loosen up I say,
my sister,
Of course you are
not getting any younger.
Unwilling to fall
in love is not your deal.
I say getting
married is better of zeal.
Surreal if the
youngest goes first,
End your marriage
fantasies because that’s worst comes to worst.
“MYRA”
Mother, listen to
the child you gave birth to
You can count on
me and rest from school
Running out of
breath from a disease
Attacks on you
tear us piece by piece
“VIRGILIO”
Victor from vices
that’s what I declare you;
Indeed fatherhood
transformed you.
Rest your lungs
from cigarettes,
Get it over with
or choose the cabaret.
Instead father,
take us to church, we say.
Lord our God as a
family we shall praise.
Ill-gotten wealth
was never for us;
On earth we don’t
get what God does not want.
“CHERRIE”
Child, you are
the family’s youngest.
Hush, you are
also the toughest.
Every time you
live in too much independence,
Rest I say, you
are running out of youthfulness.
Read, read and
read, my dear.
In life, you can
also learn from books than experiences that cut like shears.
Every day I worry
about what might hurt you,
May it be
kick-boxing, project or at any rendezvous.
All of what I say
boils down to this:
Even you’re at
legal age you can’t fight life fist to fist.
“ANGEL”
Mother’s thoughts
go with you alone.
In the darkest of
night, she thinks of you all along,
Cause you have
trapped her in your zone.
Hurry up! Put
your story into a song.
Another day,
another week, another month;
Every second,
every minute it’s your safety that she wants.
Loving you is
yours and your mother’s bond,
And leaving you
is something that she can’t.
Nobody knows how
she feels,
Getting a glimpse
of your smile that is from ear-to-ear.
East to west your
dimple unwinds;
Letting these thoughts
drown her mind.
Over and over she
thinks of you.
Dying to see you
makes her feel blue.
Everything I say,
for mothers are true;
Listening to
their heartbeats we no longer are used.
Answering your
mother’s prayers from heavens up high,
Patting your
mother’s shoulder as she takes a deep sigh;
Are you listening
to this poem of mine?
Zip my thoughts
if it’s not same to thine.
“We – Past, present,
future, rewind”
How will I tell myself you’re only and just a dream,
Cause you have been on my mind?
Heart beats for the first time.
I see your eyes, the way you smile,
Exciting my heart just like the sunshine.
Our little talks, the roads we walked,
Now I understand, there can be you and I.
You play around to hold my hand.
In purpose you whisper to shout my name.
We talked about everything, everything under the sun.
Now I understand, there will be you and I.
You’re gone and to me there’s nothing left.
I’ve waited years too long enough.
You came back saying you’ve prepared for the future yet I
was with another.
Just now I understand, there could have been you and I.
And just now you understand, there should have been you and
I.
But now we both understand, there can’t be you and I.
