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
today my world stopped turning
and everything was gone
i lost my home
a husband
my son
all familiar things were gone when
today my world stopped turning
and the burden of living bore down
crushing all hope
all dreams
all desire
all i was and all i wanted to be
gone because
today my world stopped turning
and the glacier in me began melting
uncontrollably
until everything came
pouring
out in torrents that
drove away sleep
and rest
and all
thoughts
and words
and feelings
washed out
leaving me
empty
drained
exhausted
angry
wounded
numb
on the day
my world stopped turning
life began
© Cindy Lapeña, 2010
this is not poetry
the god Demetillo roared
no rhyme no rhythm
no figurative language
no picturesque speech
no verse
this is not poetry
the god Demetillo decided
not poets not writers
we should all be farmers
or market vendors
peddling wares that are not ours
no write not think
not waste our ink
because
this is not poetry
the god Demetillo declared
not sonnets at all
not Petrarch not Shakespeare
not worthy of reading
not worthy of writing
a waste of time
of words of paper
but
Demetillo is not a god.
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
Winter of Despair (watercolor on paper, 12″x18″)
Winter of Despair (I)
Crouching in the shadows
Doubting, desperate, and despondent
Even the sunlight is drab
Winter of Despair (II)
in silent shadow grey and deep
away from sunlight, there i sit
i crouch as small as i can get
for countless days i have not slept
in my small corner, dark, unlit
i silently weep myself to sleep
my head is heavy, my heart, as well
my body feels like it’s been dragged through hell
and nothing remains in this empty shell
one winter i felt despair
and though i am loath to, i still find myself there
© Cindy Lapeña, 2012
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