the sting of 20 pesos

THE STING OF 20 PESOS

sometime,a bitter lullaby

were heard by many

another disgusting sad song

sang by the tender ladies

too young to save their virginity

or simply to have a choice

for a beautifully woven destiny

there are/were men who paid

to touch the private parts

of their delicate bodies

for twenty pesos

to buy a sachet of shampoo,

a piece of bread...

their daily needs

why?

because...

their mothers were busy drinking...

their fathers were busy gambling...

Them little ladies

when in the future

will reach their full fruition

will yell and scream for all to hear

their terrible depression

with wasted pearls fall from ungrateful eyes

and there will be insufficient vision

within their marrow

that keeps this horror from taking over

forever...

They will never be a woman

as a whole.

A Love Note to Stewart 6

Sweetheart....

as long as my warm beating heart sings songs only us knows.I wont as for more.The questions that used to bother me,used to blur my views of the future are now being answered.You are now with me.And in your smiles,in your gentle voice,in you...with you...i found the answers.You are the missing part that completes my today and my future.God knows the beauty that lies beyond the glowing heaven.But when I see you smile,because of my simple silly ways,I think I have glimpsed the beauty of paradise.There are moments that i'm running out of words to express how much i love you.Moments like now.Here i am holding my pen and paper for hours and still i cant start to write a poem.Sometimes,I wonder if i have lost my poetic talent.Because i cant scribble the right lines to describe the splendid moments we shared. Blissful...Sacred...or Heavenly are NOT enough my love because you have graced me a feeling beyond words.My shining star in the galaxy,that's what you are to me Sweetheart,bearer of my universe.And yet again i failed to puzzle perfectly the words that i wanted to say.But you know I LOVE YOU always in ALL WAYS.

a love note to Stewart 5

Within the wrought iron gates
Lies the weeping big blue marble
Where the wind blows exhaustingly
As if its eyes have seen no more
Single astounding thing left
On this submerging Earth.

Most people forget the geenfields
The beauty that it brings
The breathtaking moment when the birds
Innocently step on the thin branches of the trees,
The morning dews that slowly drop from the leaves
And how the flowers below happily cathes them.

The beautiful pond where fishes and frogs
Create some sad and Aha! moments
Now covered with plastics,rubbers...rubbish.
And the virgin rivers where carabaos and cows
Used to swim after a hard work all day
Now contaminated with crude oils and waste from piggeries.

Buildings replaced the verdant forests
And still people dig deep
Very deep holes around the woeful earth
And laid their brothers and sisters on it
For the sake of power...of money...
Profit.

With all this horrible groans and moans i've heard
From the weeping big blue marble
And the rushing of blood from her warm beating heart
You are the most beautiful thing
You are the reason why
I still want to live
On this ebbing world,my Stewart.

a love note to Stewart 4

A smile that radiates from my unwell face
is because of you Sweetheart.
Thank you for the times
when i felt like a scragged moss
on a painted rocks,
you were there
to give me a lot of reason
to get in touch with reality again.
In this waiting room
where temptations are everywhere,
you are my word,
you are my  light,
you are  everything I ever wanted.
And this something
I have given you
and you in turn took from me,
explodes and creates lovely levels
of undefined feelings within me.
At times like this when its hard to breath,
when fever weakens me,
I am so lucky to have you taking care of me.
Making sure that i won't feel like a jaded waste of food
but a precious pearl worthy to hold.
Your princess,
yes Sweetheart,
I am your princess
and with you..
because of you...
ALWAYS....
always i am grateful.

a love note for Stewart 3

The tenderness in your kisses speaks such love.Something i look forward to the next day.To gaze into your eyes and melt in your arms are things that remind me how lovely is the world.My love,with you i've reach the unreachable.Living is worthy to live because I have your hand to hold,your face to caress and your heart and soul to embrace.My day is ever glowing when spending it with you,my night is always spellbinding when you're in it.See baby,nothing can stop happiness to reign my world all because of you...You and your eternal love.

a love note for Stewart 2

The birds freely fly

Doing some tricks and stunts

On the swaying leaves

Leveled to the rooftop

Of the archaic building

Here in the Chinese University

And slowly

In a single sigh

Of sadness

That the Mother Earth releases,

My heart pounds faster

I blink and suddenly

My world is covered with blankets

Thick rolling blankets of molten rocks

Thousands  of degrees of chaos

Woven from the mouth of his Highness

Crystal tears rolling down

Tracing my fiery cheeks

The clashing of two elements

On my angry face

Creates steam of deep thoughts

And I dial my sweetheart's number

Gently I inhale serenity within

My love,In the total darkness where

My eyes are of little use

He is the light that guides me through..

The Banquet (Part 1)

Second by second
Step by step
Heartbeat by heartbeat
I enterd the door
And suddenly i was lost
In a world i haven't been before


Inch by inch
A smile from an unknown man
Turned into a warm smile
It welcomed me at the entrance
Of the Zetland Hall.


So unnbriddled were my feelings
And intensed was the turbulence
That set ablaze in my every nerves
Although it was three degrees that night.


I passed the table of ladies and gents
Drinking wines,laughing
Waiting for the others


I walked in silent feet
On the other side of the table


I never knew why my heart 
My stupid heart throbs odd that night
Making my feet froze in my shoes
Until I was invited to the light
And joined the ladies on the other table
The natural art of my essence flows normally
With every zip of white wine
Little by little i felt fine


Time creeps but even the word time itself,
I totally forgot 
As i indulged myself to the splendid,
gratifying conversations with Andrea
And with ever cordial and soft-spoken Julia
with a glass of wine...


And all my love burned
When in a glance I spotted him
Oh,but my all,the love of my life
Everything stopped except him smiling at me
And the rhapsodic song began to play


Introductions came but hey!
I forgot the names of some
After the roasting, melting hugs and kisses
From the love of my life


Hand in hand we entered the banquet hall
Oh! But heaven only knew the balls of  crystal bliss
Glistening at the tip of my brows.