Gypsy Caravan

“The music I listen to everyday spares me from the daily madness I encounter”

(October 30, 2007)

To the Questions I ask

To answers there are none

She stands beside me

To quiet the restless mind

A ponder to the forthcoming

To an anxious beating heart

She reaches out her hand

A soothing touch that never departs

A myriad of colors surrounding

Making sense of everything

She appears before my presence

Reshape these hues to stop this madness

To her love that seems unending

Homage I pay for her blessings

To an eternal voice that persists

Her hums, chants, whispers and screams

She speaks to me in languages like no other

Listless in the corner of my peace

(A tribute to the collection of tapes, cd’s and mp3’s through the years)

“A laid back Sunday afternoon. I spent the first 3 hours of the day listening to my cd’s. It has revitalized me”

(October 28, 2007)

Like no other

She is unparalleled

A sanctuary to my soul

She is there to harbor

When I crash and burn

As the angry river turns

I am welcomed home

By her warm embrace

Her soothing refrain

Calms the restless

In her summon

Rebirth emerges

A new life springs

Equipped to face

A new day’s battle

“Had a nice chat with a good buddy Sunday night”

(October 22, 2007)

A familiar whisper

Was uttered to my ear

It took me to a place

Where I have not been

For so long a time now

A little piece of paradise

This refuge we share

To us this is home

Countless distant faces

Unforgotten moments

By fate it is unscathed

A relentless connection

I pledge not to depart

“I haven’t had a decent sleep in two weeks. To my bed I will slumber”

(October 21, 2007)

To her Cradle

I go running

To her warmth

A weary soul

She welcomes

To a life lost

Life she brings forth

With her embrace

I am at home

Her comfort

A lullaby to shutter

Into her arms

I surrender

A restless slumber

(An ode to my bed)

“To sleep in peace is an insomniac’s wish”

(October 14, 2007)

A reverberation

That would not stop

On a midnight calm

A deafening whisper

On a solemn halt

A modest wish

For a dreamer’s peace

Rest in harmony

On forty winks

Realized in bliss

Under a periwinkle sky

“Iisang bagay lang ang pamalagian, ang pagbabago”

(September 23, 2007)

Nakasarang pintuan

SA aking likuran

Ang pinanggalingan

Ang nakaraan

Ginamit na tulay

Sa paruruonan

Napakadaming pintuan

Ang aking kinakaharap

Sa bawat hakbang

Pagninilay nasa isipan

Naglalakihang pintuan

Nagsipagbuksanan

Alin man ang pasukin

Walang nakaka-alam

Kung ito’y nararapat

Subalit ang lahat ng mga ito’y

Sasalubungin na bagong liwanag

Bagong araw na mayroong

Ngiti at biyayang alay