Lovers of the Riverine Waters

Photo by: Iana Krizza Mendoza, PH

Bella Notte

Moonlit arches of stone and jade,
Know its value shall not fade
For Luna guards its secret way
To untouched rendezvous if she’ll may

When stars collide with sun and earth
The Helios haves Luna in from birth
And now that their precious tale was known,
By youth that loves will to be shown

And wish that Luna shall not die,
For the Moonlit arches will nowhere lie
Between the swamps, across the lake,
They bring Luna to a decision to make

What shall happen to Luna’s light,
If they shall not see her each night at sight
And so she then turns to something grand
To be called a “someone”, with a fair hand

Her courage stands with all prowess and might
To shine the whole Earth during the night
And shall she reign forever’s notte
To kiss her children a sweet Bella Notte

Bella Notte

Moonlit arches of stone and jade,
Know its value shall not fade
For Luna guards its secret way
To untouched rendezvous if she’ll may

When stars collide with sun and earth
The Helios haves Luna in from birth
And now that their precious tale was known,
By youth that loves will to be shown

And wish that Luna shall not die,
For the Moonlit arches will nowhere lie
Between the swamps, across the lake,
They bring Luna to a decision to make

What shall happen to Luna’s light,
If they shall not see her each night at sight
And so she then turns to something grand
To be called a “someone”, with a fair hand

Her courage stands with all prowess and might
To shine the whole Earth during the night
And shall she reign forever’s notte
To kiss her children a sweet Bella Notte

A Day Thinking...

I love the way your wavy hair matches your smile,
The way your laughter makes my time worthwhile
I love the way you whisper words into me,
The way you make my world filled with glee

Out in the field you would see me with roses all over your hair,
You frown and make ugly faces at me, but I don’t really care
And seeing you through your deep brown eyes makes me drowning crazy
You dance in shadows; you don’t want them to see you bow like a sweet daisy

And when we walk all over the halls you smile and drown in laughter
And just in case you still don’t know, you’re the one I’m after
Days will pass and you would still call me your “bestest” best friend
I love you so much and I don’t our friendship to finally come to an end

In the night, I would look at the stars and I can see you
Remembering things that have happened this day I could undo
The way I slipped onto the banana peel in front of your face,
The way I talked to you as fast as a horse and left you, with a daze

As I moved nearer and nearer to your side the wind blew through me,
My hair rumbled and crumbled and you laughed when you turned to see
I just wish we could be the most that I want us to be
And I just wish I could tell you I wanted you to love me

In these difficult situations, I see you walking by
My side as always, smiling, looking shy
You always make me happy everyday with your love that’s magic
I guess it’s wrong to think that our love story is just as tragic

Up to know I would murmur in wonder, “would you like me?”
So I went to see you, and voila, things happened the way I wanted them to be
You said you love me, with that happy face, oh- so smiling
And you could see tears at the corner of my eye, heavily piling

And we would walk all around the woods, in the sunshine
I’m so happy; your love is finally mine
The moon would wink at us, creating dark shadows,
We danced and danced, down to the aisle as the moonlight narrows

Often, the folks, they say
my child, love is blind,
And often in my head I would say,
Love can see, but love is kind.

NOTICE

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Masked Musician

I drench myself in a sorrowful symphony,
In sad crescendos, it played
Such lonesome melancholy harmony,
What a lonely atmosphere it made.

Crestfallen notes float in a dark galaxy,
In a heavy rhythm, they dance
A somber timbre embracing me,
Please, hallows of music, give me my one last chance.

And in empty halls, the chorus played
With the piano, the Maestro, the fife
The harp, the cello had me slayed,
O, muses! Please save my life.

It must have been a terrible sin,
What have I done to you?
For you to have those notorious grins,
and evil laughs as the wind blew.

And from this nightmare, too, I shall wake,
In made by the sunshine heat,
And please for all of music's sake,
Don't ever give me defeat.

The Woodcutter and Me

I am a tree in sorrow and misery,
My eyes, my shadows are all in history
My blissful days all bid me goodbye,
But jocund is my soul that arises to fly.

Now I may share a story if you will yearn,
For a wonderful lesson, from here you will learn
The ways of your race to my happy days,
Is like a topsy-turvy town inside a great maze.

Once from the past a man came to me,
With a cutter and a catcher and a face filled with glee
He hit me and beat me but the wind came to save,
The life that our Father blessed me and gave

The wind blew and made the man fly,
Down from this lowly Earth up to the sky
His hands trembled, and his mouth babbled,
All the things flew, and his life was gobbled.

After this, my woody life was spared,
And a fruit of pure happiness I have blissfully shared
A new day came through my way, full of hope, very gay,
Smiles flooded even if it’s only May

And my message to today’s youth
A hand of help would generously soothe
My troubles and my grief to you I will leave
And a bright ray of the future to everyone I will give