Company
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
everyone knows two is company
you can spend a day in harmony
talk or silence won’t matter at all
just having you there as close as can be
is the perfect way to share your company
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
The Fast Lane
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
What do you see in the fast lane?
zipping images through a window pane
faceless people who have no names
you don’t see anything in the fast lane
What do you feel in the fast lane?
daring, challenge, anger, pain
fast and flowing, you can’t complain
there’s only stress when you’re in the fast lane
What do you get in the fast lane?
heat, smoke, dust, nothing to gain
excitement, tension, a driver’s bane
rest is eternal in the fast lane
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Tyger Tyger
watercolour on paper
14×16
Tyger, tyger wrote a poet
in the shadows, thought he saw it
if it drew near you’d never know it
barely hear the grass around it
Tyger, tiger fearful creature
we cringe in fear at your raw nature
barely moving silent mover
glorious masterpiece of nature
Tyger, tiger do you ever
know how much fear in us you render
calm and patient stand you there
panicked, scared, we favour prayer.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
flitter flutter little butter
fly from flower to flower
what purpose? what care?
sip all the nectar that you dare
flutter by on wings of blue
or any other rainbow hue
i gasp in pleasure watch you flitter
you care for naught but where
to find another pretty flower
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
does Spring spring to Fall 
or does Spring fall?
do you fall when you spring
or do you spring when you fall?
can you spring on springs
and not fall or do you fall?
it’s all a pun on nature
and that’s just au naturel!
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
a sliver of time before sunrise
wild buds burst open as if in surprise
raise their dainty heads in expectation
turn their motley heads in exaltation
eastward into the early haze gazing
at the rising sun on a rosy misty morning
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Two Ships (watercolor on paper, 12″x18″)
silent dark water
bereft of light
two ships cross each other
in the silence of the night
what life is there on either
what work or play or fright
what unknown sea-bound voyager
in doubt awaits first light
how many lie in slumber
ensconced in surreal plight
how many wait and wonder
when land will be in sight
and still the ships forge deeper
in pertinacious flight
away from one another
away and out of sight.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
1-800-hotlips (watercolor on paper, 12″x18″)
call the number
if you dare
up from slumber
drop all care
get it right
don’t hesitate
don’t take all night
don’t start too late
who will answer
can you know
miss or mister
high voice or low
do you dare
to call the number
bring the player
into your chamber
hesitate
a moment more
you won’t find fate
at your front door
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Sunscape (watercolor on paper, 12"x18")
red
hot
sun
hot
red
heat
hot
heat
waves
red
hot
glare
bright
sun
flare
bright
yellow
glare
bright
yellow
sliver
yellow
orange
flare
Crouching in the shadows
Doubting, desperate, and despondent
Even the sunlight is drab
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
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