Peaceful Place

In my room, I sit tonight..
No lights, no noise..
Just in candle light.
Just need my time of solitude...
to detox the mind...
and for the soul to be soothed...
I let my problems float away...
as I relax my body...
and reflect on my ways...
I begin to lose myself...
in a peaceful place...
I close my eyes...
and for a minute life fades..
I drift into dreams...
of marvelous things...
Where the animals roam..
and the free bird flies...
that is where..
my restless heart lies...
In a place that I can call my own..
Where only the best of things are shown..
Where in the morning..
the sun shines bright...
and when darkness lurks..
the stars fill the sky..
Where the breeze is mellow...
and the skies are clear...
and the sound of nature...
is all I hear.
and my problems are gone...
but I know this sanctuary...
never really lasts that long..
cause my candle flickers out...
and I leave my special place...
and it gets dark and quiet..
no light upon my face..
Reality is back...
and yet I still smile...
cause my trip was mighty lovely..
even if it lasted just a little while..
So when life gets me down...
the lights go off, and my mind drifts away...
to again return...
to my special place....
Peaceful...
Dreamy..
Passionate..
...............free.

- Brittany Tinkham

New Life

unexpectedly
without warning
a world
I'm no longer winning

It rains
It stops
then you smile

one fine day
in my sweetest
morning delight
sleepless even
at night

without a fight,
you conquered me
where dreams
seem so right

you give life
and add colors
in my dying sight
I feel the adrenalin
in my veins
my heart goes faster
as you appear
you let time
pause and disappear

your lovely face
at first sight
lasts forever

your passion
captured me by heart
the day you smiled
making life worth
to survive

oh dear God,
let me have you
as I grow old
through this life
my loveliest sight
who gives light

don't ever go,
let your light
shine the path
of my long lost life

for I will be
the knight
who try to fight
and love you
with all his might

for I will offer you
my life, my heart
just to have you
at this side
to be my precious
and only life

dear God, let
my one and only
heavenly light
who shines, give hopes
in my darkest fight be
the only meaning
and center
of my one last
new life...

- Herofil Olarte

Unforgotten Memories

As I sit here all alone.
Trying to reminisce days that passed.
Joyful memories engraved in our hearts.
Pain and sadness that crossed our path.
Somehow it seems like a fantasy.
Fairy tales from a child's memory.
That all ends happily ever after.
Dreams I encounter whenever I am asleep...
All seem like real to me.
But sometimes feel as empty as me.
When morning comes I must wake.
Then my dreams would slowly fade.
Dreams of you and me together
How I would love to sleep forever.
To hold on to my precious dreams.
And never let it slip through my hand
But as I try to wake dreams slowly fade.
Even as it slowly fades.
I know in my heart it would stay.
Just as the autumn leaves would lie on the ground.
And as it slowly returns when spring arrives.
Love forgotten in the passing of time.
Pain and sadness scarred by time.
A dagger pierced straight at my heart.
Longing for someone to pull it apart.
Then you came and gave me a chance.
A chance to mend a broken heart.
Memories would stay right here with me.
And let it be part of the sky.
An endless sky with no boundaries.
Filled by my unforgotten memories.

- Ronald Florence Abas

Farewell Love

Farewell my greatest love

After the long wolf cry of the loneliest night
comes a new morning with the bluest sky
watching the sun blooms to a new light
In a place we used to hide

Reminiscing our happiest and saddest moments
In my thoughts and in my heart will always be kept
A love full of struggle and promises
Finally reached a new beginning

Eight long years seem like yesterday
a love thats never given a chance to last forever
torn in a world that I could never be
for I am yours wherever you may be

Yes, I did what you asked of me my love
to live like a wind, in a life full of adventures
I told of your story in a thousand ways
shared our memories in countless days

you were my life and my greatest love
a once in a lifetime journey finally found its end
where the greatest mystery becomes clearer to me today
in chapter of our past must no longer be held

to start a life and to love
with someone the way you loved me
a promise not to make her cry
to live each day filled with happiness
a gentle and selfish heart
deserves a meaningful life
for I will love her the way you hold me
farewell my love, my greatest love

- Herofil Olarte