Sunflowers
watercolour on paper
11″x15″
all across the fields in summer
sunflowers raise their heads
following the sun’s unmatched splendour
challenging Horus with golden crowns glowing
filling the island with bright gleaming orbs
millions of sunrises and millions of sunsets
the short-lived sunflowers
enrobe the red land
giving short-lived summer
the seasonal upper hand
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
watercolour on paper
11″x15″
silence in the old city
looking over the blue sea
ancient white buildings
in bright sunlight shimmering
do mossy walls keep
things out or things in?
does the silence mean peace?
do the buildings give rest?
are the mossy walls sound?
is there fun in Old San Juan?
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Love in Blue
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
love in blue is love that’s true
love that’s deep
love that’s new
love that frees
love that soothes
love that sees
love in blue, that’s what it is
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
Lazy Afternoon
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
what can be better than a good lazy afternoon
reclining, relaxing, revitalizing
recalling, remembering, reminiscing
recovered, rested, restored, revived
renewed from au naturel afternoon
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
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
a hint of spring
a touch of summer
a shade of autumn
a breath of winter
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
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