Motherhood Reflected
For some, a journey, a series of vignettes unfolding and clashing and changing. For some merely moments. For many a …
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Sunrise
In seconds it sheds the grey skin on the horizon melting free of thin vapors a hot fiery yolk the …
Happy Birthday Beloved (Repost)
Happy Birthday beloved the stars are all spent In the wake of the party and big lovely tent Fifty plus …
To the Mothers
To you who hug best Most beautiful in our eyes The warmest sun The kindest eyes With soft blanket of …
Now We Are Mothers
From the moment I made my journey into this world and became your child, we were mother and daughter sharing …
This Time Differently
These are the times that try men’s souls. I remembered Thomas Paine’s famous words easily — that first sentence that …
Sibling
Shared blood maybe history memories that are private jokes how you grow trust out of thorns remains a mystery But …
Cebu
In the tropics where you live on the edge of the jungle where the trees and vines and thickets …
Forgiving
Somehow the sharp words slip out like a killing star slicing the moment that was filled with ordinary talk. And …
One More Moment
I am wrecked Hollowed as the eyes that stared back at me when I sought Your company The moment was …
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