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Sunset Blues

I see a fiery disc in the western sky

dow,down,down it slips beyond

darkness slowly lurks againts what's left

of the vanishing scarlet sparkle

glowing, staring at the face of the planet

now whirling and circling like a top

thrown to a well stomped mound.

She sees  darkness coming-mother

earth has to hit the sack. The days

work is hard, full of bumps and

sharp edges refractory to the

the joy hummed by hummingbirds.

The Film Of Life

I see a film I have not seen before

As I begin my journey past the door

I try my best to fix the ones I lost

But I'm not sure if what I do is good

The ink of this printer is fading out

So is my sight - I can't see clear and bright

Lights faded out at some point in my life

Thank goodness gadgets can restore my site

The fibers of this film keeps getting low

As years go by some strings break down and go

Some hairs must shed and skin less taught

And bones can break like ice cream cones

I spread my wings and strech my numbing brain

And let my nuerons quiz and  smell the past

When dreams were innocently conceived to begin

And plans for life were undefidely puffed to start.

Poetry

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She came up the road to meet me.

She had the baby slung on her back

with a faded and stained sheet.

She smiled meaningfully and helped me

step down the stones so ruggedly placed

in a heap to form a wall, and we entered

their one-room cold and dusty home.

Then we walked like we used to as sisters

growing up, down the edges of a sloped

vegetable farm, to wash clothes and dishes

in a crude well, that's also used for

irrigating the cabbage patches.

The following day I left penniless as

when I arrived, and the reason for my visit -

to borrow money from her, failed - she was

broke herself. But the moment is like a

scribble on a once wet concrete floor

now dried for others to see.

Note: When I was a struggling student nurse, I went to visit my sister who was living in Bangaw, Philippines thinking, I'll be able to money from her. It turned out, it's the most ever remembered visit I ever did to anyone in my life. What me and her did at that time:  going to wash dishes in a water source they rigged up for anything that requires water; walking the edges of the cabbgae patches the following morning and seeing the dews all over the spreading cabbages, and doing chores with water so icyy cold, and reminiscing about the life we had as pre-schoolers in Besao gave me  unforgettable memories...still writing about it.

Poetry

          Night Scream

I hear me screaming, in the silence of

the night, when nothing, but the screech

of crickets, and distant croaks of frogs,

are heard, for my baby, I heard crying

piercingly and swiftly stopped. It woke me

up. Then I go around the house, wishing

she was miraculously returned. First,

I look at the front porch, and then by

the garage door. No baby, and I pray

once again, like I do everyday that

someday, I will see her, like the other

mothers I heard, being reunited

with their babies, by sympathetic judges.

Problem is, I am alone in a silent war zone.

I posted two poems yesterday but I don't understand why they did not go through (to the website). Anyway, just a while ago, I made a change in my website. I replaced one poem with a new one. I sure wish I could post more than two. Well, I'll do it here. Anyway, this afternoon, I finished the invitation or notice for my upcoming poetry reading and signing at the Meng Li's Restaurant in West Palm Beach. I am excited as there are several people at work who are excited. It'll be a challenge too...had to show 'em I can do it. I'm also going to be the featured reader for the Poets of the Palm Beaches Monthly Poetry Contest on the third Sunday of this month. As a featured reader I will read for 15 minutes, then sit right in front to judge the contestants. Yeah right, I'm gonna be the judge! I'm excited in a way, because I'll be able to read poems of my selections, and if I desire, I can tell the listeners what inspired a particular poem. So this will really be a great chance. But I never did this...I'm nervous already. I'm now beginning to collect anti nervousness and hoping I'll be ready when those time comes. l