The tree is stripped of ornaments
Wooden toys and bells and balls
All traces of the holiday are wrapped and put away
Melancholy music from A Winter Solstice plays
For one more night the tinsel and the lights will stay
Starry lamps that tint the walls
Will soon be last year’s sentiments.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2013
they’ll come home tonight
to their perfect little showroom homes
straight out of design magazines
clean, neat, and bright
and sit in their showroom kitchen
sparkling, shiny, and bright
eat their gourmet dinners in silence
fancy, balanced, and healthy
then sit a while in their showroom living room
spotless, tidy, and straight
and after a while of watching the news
on their LED TV wall
they’ll retire to their showroom bedroom
matching sheets and covers
heavy drapes, nightstands, and recessed lights
and after a few minutes of bedtime reading
they’ll turn off the lights
pull up the covers
and sleep
without saying good night
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
somewhere in the world today
there’s a storm, there’s rain
there’s a tidal wave, it’s flooding
some homes were washed away
somewhere in the world today
somewhere in the world today
there’s a storm, there’s no power
there’s a fire, it’s burning
some homes were turned to ashes
somewhere in the world today
somewhere in the world today
there’s a war, there’s unrest
there’s a bomb, it’s exploding
some homes were blown away
somewhere in the world today
somewhere in the world today
there’s anger, there’s sorrow
there’s hatred, it’s spreading
some homes were torn apart
somewhere in the world today
somewhere in the world today
something is happening
not nice, not good, not right
but somewhere else
in the world today
it’s a quiet peaceful night.
31 October 2012
Charlottetown
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
I’m taking things
one day at a time
I can’t take more
sometimes I’d like to take less
but life keeps on coming at me
one day at a time
I need to see things
one day at a time
anything more
and I don’t see all I can
but I can’t see beyond what’s facing me
any more than
one day at a time
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
everyday is a piece in
the puzzle of life
small indecipherable parts
spots of color
innocuous shapes
making sense only
when joined together
irregular edges
each shape different
from the others
small scenes revealing themselves
as pieces come together
the picture never complete
until the last piece
the last day
is in place.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
the baby in the tub sat
and the mother of
the baby in the tub
took a call and sat
at her phone to chat
while the baby in the tub sat
and the mother stayed on the phone
left the baby in the tub alone
left the baby in the tub to drown
and the baby in the tub drowned alone
while the mother sat to chat
on the phone
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
when
i open myself up to you i
am vulnerable
exposed
bare naked i
am inviting you
to see deep within me
be part of my deepest darkest secrets
probe the deepest darkest recesses of me
that nobody else can see i
surrender my being to you i
let you come closer than anyone has ever been i
let you inside me and we
become
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
It takes but one hand
Reaching out
To touch another hand
And be a pair
It takes but two hands
Both reaching out
To touch another pair
And if they all reach out
How many hands are there
And behind each pair
There stands someone
And in each one
There lies a heart
And all those hearts
Are reaching out
To touch another heart
And if they all reach out
How many hearts are there
And all those hands
Touch other hands
And all those hearts
Touch other hearts
And in the end
They live as one
And when they stand
They stand as one
With many hands
And many hearts
© Cynthia Lapeña, 2012
Breakout
acrylic on corrugated plastic board
44″x31.5″
it’s a splendid day
don’t rain on my parade
the sun will chase my troubles away
it’s time to get out of the shade
it’s a wonderful day
that groundhog will come out
the sun will melt the snow away
spring colours will soon break out
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
A Whale of a Tail
watercolour on paper
12″x18″
it’s a whale of a tale, i tell you
is it a tail of a whale you see?
i can’t really believe what you tell me
i don’t have to listen to you.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2011
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