Saturday, August 29, 2009

why the Lady Ceased to Rhyme



She loves to write about the sun

The setting of it

The rising of it

Each breath a child takes

Each piercing sound

Each line of regret

Why not write about

The man she loved the most?

Why not rhyme and shine writing about him?

Maybe because she knows

That the tree is beginning to wither

And she caterwauls

She could weep for hours for the death of a nation’s hero

Why not stop and just stare….stop and just stare at the wilting

Of her unsung hero?

Only a beat keeps him away from the place and time

That will forever take him away from the lady’s heart

So the lady stops to rhyme…..

To cherish each second, each smile, each sweat, each tear

From the tree, that brought her to this LIFE

The lady refuses to rhyme because….

No other person, no other place and time compares

To the man she calls- her most precious Time and Place and Hero, all rolled into one….

Everything else will have to wait because-

The Man might soon become just another man who walked on these ground

But to her, for her, in her….

The man for now, is the only reason she touches the letters in November…..

Because whatever comes hereafter….he may no longer see, read nor hear

But everything he is for now, for now….will be left in the Lady who calls herself…

The daughter of Francisco….no other name is more beautiful at the moment….none

other…

Francisco…Francisco….Francisco….

Let the Lord guide your hand….

I will be here, forever….your lady..your daughter who for now refuses to rhyme

Because……you deserve all my time….

Sunday, August 2, 2009

one courteous Juan